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By Randall Smith, BRS Dental Vice President, Systems Support HIPAA (the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996), the HITECH Act of 2009,  and the follow-up Omnibus Final Rule of 2013 state that annual training is required for the Compliance Officer and all staff that have access to Protected Health Information (PHI).  Each dental…

Dentists must choose to opt in or out of Medicare enrollment

By Randall Smith, BRS Dental, Vice President, Systems Support Digital imaging provides many benefits to the practice and the patients. Most modern digital imaging systems use lower doses of X-ray radiation than traditional film systems. With digital imaging, the purchase of film and chemicals is eliminated, with the additional benefit of not having to dispose…

By Randall Smith, BRS Dental, Vice President, Systems Support Why does it seem like everything is moving to the cloud? You used to know where your data was – on the computer or server in your office. But now, the servers that contain your data may be across the country or across the world. You…

By Randall Smith, BRS Dental, Vice President, Systems Support In the past few decades, many dental practices have expanded from single locations to two, three or more, sometimes with dozens or even more than 100 locations operating under common management and systems. BRS Dental was one of the first to offer dental practice management technology…

By Randall Smith, BRS Dental, Vice President, Systems Support Over the past decade, many dental offices have been working towards a goal of a “Paperless Office”.  Relying on paper charts and film-based X-ray records and pictures limits the office to one original record which may be misplaced or lost.  Those paper and film records take up…