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How to network with other dental office managers
Jill Nesbitt Oral & Dental HealthcareSometimes, being a dental office manager can be a lonely job. The clinical team works together with the dentist in the operatories, perhaps you have a few front-desk team members who have become close — and here you are, sitting in your own little office working away by yourself.
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Going strong in 2015: Hiring and retaining great dental employees
Laura Winzeler Oral & Dental HealthcareDental patients look forward to seeing friendly and familiar faces when they arrive for appointments. Their comfort and trust levels depend on this continuity of care from the moment they open the door.
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Practices are up against it with HIPAA compliance and audits
Scott E. Rupp Healthcare AdministrationNueMD, a provider of cloud-based management software for small medical practices, finds that there are a lot of healthcare organizations up against it when it comes to complying with the beefed up regulations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
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Are you managing a dental group practice?
Jill Nesbitt Oral & Dental HealthcareDental group practices are formed in dozens of ways. Some are the result of long-term planning where each office is thoroughly evaluated and measured to determine if it is a good fit for the group. Others occur suddenly due to tragic circumstances where everything is in a rush.
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6 useful mobile apps for dental practitioners
Piyush Bakshi Oral & Dental HealthcareWhen it comes to oral healthcare, apps are excellent tools that help dentists educate themselves and patients, connect with patients, and stay abreast of the latest in their field. Among the most popular downloads on the two leading operating systems — Android and iOS — here are six cool dentistry and oral health apps for you to choose from.
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The long road to health information exchange
Christina Thielst Healthcare AdministrationHealth information exchange (HIE) is turning out to be one of those really long journeys in which you hear the kids in the back seat asking, "Are we there yet?" while the driver keeps saying, "Almost." The Office of the National Coordinator is focusing on the next 10 years with its soon-to-be-released road map to reach interoperability.
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All for lack of a good dental office manager
Jill Nesbitt Oral & Dental HealthcareI heard a terrible story the other day about how a dentist began a vicious negative spiral when his well-loved dental office manager retired. When his office manager retired, he hired someone who had slightly less experience to take over. Unfortunately, she wasn't able to grow into the position, and the dentist had to start getting more and more involved in the business side of the practice. Now, instead of just practicing dentistry, he was dealing with insurance and collections and other management issues.
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Where has all the money gone in healthcare?
Mike Wokasch PharmaceuticalHealthcare costs keep going up with fingers often pointed at drug companies. At the same time, the pharmaceutical industry has decades of success delivering safer and more effective drugs to prevent and treat diseases that previously accounted for debilitating sickness and often death.
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New EHR vendors and technology needed for continued innovation
Scott E. Rupp Healthcare AdministrationIn the span of the last five years, use and implementation of electronic health records in the U.S. has dramatically accelerated because of federal mandates and financial incentives directly related the meaningful use program. Because of these efforts, as well as time and resources invested by healthcare providers, electronic health records are more popular than at any point in the past and are now "the heart of health IT," according to research firm Frost & Sullivan.
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New career opportunities for dental office managers
Jill Nesbitt Oral & Dental HealthcareAre you the dental office manager for your small practice? Maybe you have wondered about career development but figured since you're already the manager, there's nowhere for you to advance. You may have more opportunity than you realize.
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