Lorne Lavine, DMD
Lorne Lavine, DMD, founder and president of The Digital Dentist, has more than 30 years invested in the dental and dental technology fields. A graduate of USC, he earned his DMD from Boston University and completed his residency at the Eastman Dental Center in Rochester, N.Y. He received his specialty training at the University of Washington and went into private practice in Vermont until moving to California in 2002 to establish TDD, a company that focuses on the specialized technological and HIPAA needs of the dental community. He can be reached at drlavine@thedigitaldentists.com or 866-204-3398.
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4 crucial steps for dealing with a data breach
January 13th 2016A data breach in the dental industry isn’t just nerve-wracking – it’s also expensive and can potentially shut a practice down. The bad news is nearly every company will experience a data breach of some kind during the life of their company.
4 crucial steps for dealing with a data breach
January 13th 2016A data breach in the dental industry isn’t just nerve-wracking – it’s also expensive and can potentially shut a practice down. The bad news is nearly every company will experience a data breach of some kind during the life of their company.
Risky business: HIPAA compliance and the importance of risk analysis assessments
December 3rd 2015As we have discussed in many previous articles, HIPAA has changed the way that dental practices need to operate. Not only do dentists need to be current on the latest technology and IT systems, but they must also ensure that they incorporate technologies in a HIPAA-compliant manner.
To encrypt or not to encrypt… It’s not really a question!
September 2nd 2015As many people know, there are two types of rules: required and addressable. Unfortunately, there is a lot of confusion about these. Required is the easy one: Any rule that is required means you must do it, no ifs, ands or buts. It’s not negotiable. Addressable, though, is a bit less cut and dry.
3 things you must do if a data breach occurs in your dental practice
August 3rd 2015Data breaches have become common. There are reports in the news almost weekly about breaches in large corporations such as Target and Neiman Marcus. While these breaches can be upsetting to consumers, they don’t fall into the HIPAA rules as they don’t involve protected health information.
The 5 crucial components of a HIPAA contingency plan
July 7th 2015Of all the HIPAA rules and regulations, having a contingency plan is easily the most critical. In dentistry, we use various terms like data backup, disaster recovery and practice continuity, but they all mean the same thing: you need to have a solid backup of your critical practice data.
Is your dental practice completely HIPAA compliant?
January 5th 2015As many of you are aware, patient privacy and data security has taken center stage over the past two decades. It started with HIPAA in 1996, then the HITECH Act in 2009 and the “final” HIPAA law, the Omnibus Rules, that were enacted in March 2013 with a September 2013 deadline. For many practices, the rules and regulations are a paradigm shift in how you need to practice.
