Practice Management

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.

Articles

Here are 12 steps to fend off cyberattacks and remain HIPAA compliant. 

Data Management: Killing 2 Birds With 1 Stone

Brett Callow is a threat analyst with Emsisoft, a New Zealand–based end point protection company. Emsisoft helps organizations recover from ransomware attacks and has responded to some of the most high-profile incidents of recent years.

Meredith Griffanti is a senior managing director in the strategic communications segment at FTI Consulting and is based in New York, New York. She is an award-winning crisis communications and cybersecurity public relations professional and leads the firm’s cybersecurity and data privacy communications practice, specializing in complex cybersecurity attacks and data privacy investigations. She provides communications counsel to clients on both cybersecurity preparedness and incident response matters involving personally identifiable information, protected health information, internet protocol, and other sensitive data across a wide range of industries.

Be aware of the strategies needed to strengthen network security at your dental practice and reduce the risk of a ransomware infection.

Protect Your Dental Practice from Ransomware

Ransomware is still a top security concern for practices. This Q&A guide will help ensure you’re protected.

Ransomware: Questions and Answers

Videos

In this quick bite from our Dental Mastermind Series, cybersecurity expert and VP Strategic Alliances at Fortress Security Risk Management Peter Cavrell gives his advice on boosting a practice's cybersecurity. [7 minutes]

Mastermind Quick Tips: Cybersecurity

Join Rick Adelstein, DDS, Jamie Collins, BS, RDH-EA, John Flucke, DDS, and cybersecurity expert Peter Cavrell, in this discussion on how to strengthen cybersecurity in the dental practice, moderated by Lisa Newburger, LISW-S. [35 minutes]

Mastermind - Episode 17 - Strengthening Cybersecurity in the Dental Practice

Dr. John Flucke is in private practice in Lee’s Summit, Mo. He also serves as technology editor for Dental Products Report magazine and keeps an active blog filled with thoughts and tidbits on the world of technology at blog.denticle.com.

What to be concerned about and what steps to take to protect your dental practice from cyber-attacks.

Keeping Personal and Practice Data Safe in the Wake of the American Dental Association Hack

The Dental Compliance Institute lists out 5 best practices for dental professionals and DSOs who have been a target of ransomware. 

The Dental Compliance Institute Publishes Guide on Surviving Ransomware Attacks

EasyRx and Open Dental will integrate to make patient information communication easier between labs and practices. 

EasyRx Announces Integration with Open Dental

From formal risk assessments to encryption, here is a comprehensive list to ensure your practice data is safe.

10 Things Dentists Must Do to Secure Their Data

This acquisition will allow Vyne Dental to connect payers to providers in a standardized, efficient way.

Patient Privacy & Security