Patient Privacy & Security

Benco Dental has designed a monthly phishing testing offering for practice owners to train and help employees identify and protect against cyber-attacks.

BencoNET Managed Support protects data through two levels of security.

Mobile apps make it easier to increase efficiency and simplify communication between dental practices and their patients.

The TeleDentists, MediOrbis work together to advance telehealth and improve care for patients of dental, medical providers.

Part 4 of our Cybersecurity Series looks at how backup data can save money and your practice’s reputation.

This paperless referral management solution makes it easier to follow patient care from specialists and to ensure patients return to your practice for follow-up care.

Part 3 of our 6-part Cybersecurity Series looks at how ransomware can circumvent a firewall.

Here are the 5 biggest threats to dental offices and the steps you should take to minimize those risks.

In this latest cybersecurity series of articles, the author explains how and why it’s important to select the correct firewall for your network.

Company integrates on demand Uber functionality into its growing platform to help satisfy an increasingly demanding patient population.

Cybersecurity: A 6-Part Series will focus on key areas practices must focus on in order to secure their data.

A few short steps can help your practice thwart a major security attack.

How can a practice prevent a ransomware attack?

With plenty of distractions today, it’s critical to make sure dental patient records are well protected.

As dental practices make the shift, the team needs to be set up to work safely from home while you re-evaluate your cybersecurity preparedness and HIPAA compliance.

EHRs will likely improve your cash flow and profitability as well.

What to consider to secure practice data and keep it protected.

EDR solutions are built to supplement endpoint security with increased detection, investigation and response capabilities. Here are five things to look for beyond the hype.

Keeping your patients' data safe should be a top priority. Here's how to do it.

Creating an effective HIPAA compliance and cybersecurity plan can be the key to your practice’s success.

Why you need to be more concerned about email security - and what you can do about it.

You've heard the terrifying stories of HIPAA-compliance failures and the havoc they can cause for a practice ... but how can you ensure it doesn't happen to you? Which one of the following scenarios constitutes a HIPAA violation?A.   After work, two employees at happy hour discuss a difficult case, mentioning specific patient details. Their conversation happens to be overheard by the patient’s neighbor.

What exactly is ransomware-and how big of a threat is it to your dental practice?With the recent news of what many consider to be the largest ransomware attack in the history of the planet, I think it’s important to understand more about this issue and how to deal with it.These are the questions I get every day and my response to them:

This month, in part two of a two-part series, Dr. Shuman continues his conversation with Robert McDermott, president and CEO of iCoreConnect, on the topic of HIPAA compliance and electronic protected health information (ePHI). This column provides greater depth on the required safeguards for HIPAA-compliant management of ePHI, as well as the relative security of cloud-based systems for the dental office.

Encryption may not be required by HIPAA rules, but just because you don’t have to, doesn’t mean you shouldn’t.

What's a BAA, and why is it so important for your dental practice? Dr. Lorne Lavine explores why this document could be crucial to HIPAA compliance.

A recent proposal for certification requirements for Stage 3 Meaningful Use is meant to address the complexity of the program.

As 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.