Articles

• Depend on Staff to Manage Patients? Educate Them First - TDIC
• Same Name Mix-ups: Verify patient information to reduce risk - TDIC
• Know You’re Covered When You Volunteer - TDIC
• Spring Cleaning Isn’t Limited to the Office: Update Patient Records To Mitigate Risks  - TDIC
• Calling the Advice Line for Risk Management Guidance - TDIC
• Protecting Your Practice from Cyber Threats - TDIC
• Re-treating Patients when an Associate Leaves - TDIC
• Keep Holidays Happy With Guidelines for Office Parties - TDIC
• A Royal Dilemma: What Should Be Done About Patients Who Want To Take Their Crowns Elsewhere? - TDIC
• Safe and Sober: Managing Employees Who are Under the Influence - TDIC 
• Informed Consent: More Than Just a Form - TDIC
• Intoxicated Patients: To Treat or Not to Treat? - TDIC
• Just Say No: How to Handle Demanding Patients - TDIC
• Keeping Politics Out of the Dental Office - TDIC
• Well-Stocked Emergency Medical Kits Can Help Mitigate Risk - TDIC
• Pound Foolish: Cost as a Factor in Treatment Decisions - TDIC
• Final Notice: Sending an Account to Collections - TDIC
  
• Thorough, Up-To-Date Treatment Plans Build Patient Trust - TDIC
• Second Chances: Accepting a Dismissed Patient Back Into Your Practice - TDIC
• Prepping Your Practice for the Holidays - TDIC 
  
• Taking Inventory to Safeguard Your Practice - TDIC 
• Understanding the Role of the Better Business Bureau - TDIC 
• Hiring Done Right: License Verification and Background Checks - TDIC 
  
• Data Backup: What’s Your Risk Tolerance? - TDIC 
• Preservation of Property: A Critical Obligation - TDIC 
• Follow-Up Protocol: When Office Staff Inadvertently Give Treatment Advice - TDIC
  
• Not-So-Smartphones: Mobile Device Dangers in Dental Practices - TDIC
  
• Whose Story Is It Anyway? Using Patient Images to Promote Your Practice - TDIC
• Taking Protected Health Information Precaution with Third Parties - TDIC
  
• Getting the All-Clear Signal: Medical Clearance Forms and Follow-Up - TDIC
• Top Seven Data Breach Considerations - TDIC
• Winning Strategies for a Team Approach to Risk Management - TDIC
  
• Drug Monitoring Programs Help Patients and Dentists - TDIC
• When Casual Behavior Crosses the Professional Line - TDIC
• Accounting Controls Can Prevent Dishonest Behavior - TDIC
• Actions to Help Avoid Ransomware Nightmare - TDIC
• Health History Vital in Assessing Patients, Reducing Risk - TDIC
• Report Employee Injuries Immediately to Avoid Complications - TDIC
• Precise Documentation is an Advantage in Veneer Cases - TDIC
• Smart and Simple Steps to Manage Patient Injuries - TDIC
• Straight-Ahead Facts on Wage and Hour Rules - TDIC
• Data Security Tips to Help Avert Breach of Patient Information - TDIC
  
• Email in the Age of Privacy - TDIC
• Lag in License Renewal Can Spell Trouble - TDIC
• Balancing Pain Control with the Risk of Misuse and Abuse - TDIC
• Make ‘Reasonably Careful’ Plans, Then Vacation - TDIC
• License Needed to Play Movies In Your Practice - TDIC
  
• Dating a Patient? Refer First - TDIC
• Addressing Interoffice Dating - TDIC
• Address Harassment Complaints Immediately to Avoid Liability - TDIC
• Use of Botox in Dentistry is a Fine Line - TDIC
• Compromised Patient Health Warrants Medical Clearance - TDIC
• Emergency Kit Basics for Dental Practices - TDIC
• FMLA and Other "Triggers" for Leaves of Absence - TDIC
• What’s the Deal With "EPL?" - TDIC
• Copyright Infringement and Website Images - TDIC
• OMG! Txting @ Work is Not Gr8 - TDIC
• Botox in the Dental Office - Is It Worth the Risk? - TDIC
  
• HIV Discrimination - It's Still Happening and Shouldn't Be - TDIC
• To Document or Not to Document - That is the Question - TDIC

• Have you trained your employees on “Hazcom2012”? - Eastern Alliance Insurance Group
  
• Safety Talks | Right to Know - Hazardous Communications - Eastern Alliance Insurance Group
  
  

FROM PDA ENDORSED VENDORS

• It's Time for Some R and R and R - Retention, Recall and Reactivation - CareCredit
• Care Enough to Provide an Exceptional Patient Experience CareCredit
• Six Ways You Can Help Patients Move Forward with Treatment - CareCredit
  

 

 

• How Dentists Should Respond to Online Patient Reviews - ProSites
  
• How to Choose the Right SEO Provider for Your Dental Practice - ProSites
• Top Anticipated Trends for Dentistry and Marketing by 2020 - ProSites
• Three Ways to Leverage Your Marketing this Winter - ProSites
  
• Common Pay-Per-Click (PPC) Advertising Questions from Dentists - ProSites
• ProSites Announces Strategic Partnership with CareCredit - ProSites
• The Value of Online Reviews - ProSites
  
• ProSites Launches New Solution to Deliver Improved Security and Patient Onboarding Tools for Dental Practices - ProSites
• Patient Communication – How to get it done - ProSites
  
• Patient Communication – The key to client loyalty and retention - ProSites
• How to Create High-Converting Dental Practice Websites - ProSites
  
• Measuring Your Practice’s Marketing - ProSites
  
• Measurement: The Other ‘M’ Word - ProSites
  
• Five Marketing New Yedifars Resolutions You Should Make in 2017 to Grow Your Practice - ProSites 
• ProSites Wins Dentaltown Townie Choice Award for Second Year in a Row - ProSites 
  
• 25 Marketing Ideas for Dentists - ProSites
• How to Get the Word Out that Your Dental Practice is on Social Media - ProSites
• Search Engine Optimization – Common Questions from Your Peers - ProSites
  
• Running a Dental Practice Today Compared to the 80’s - ProSites
• Simple and Intuitive: Considerations for Website Development - ProSites
  
  

• Doctors, Dentists and Debt: Starting a Practice While Paying Off Student Loans - SoFi
  
• The 3-Step Plan You Need To Build the Private Practice You Want - SoFi
• Dental School Grads: How To Grow Your Digital Presence and Build Your Business - SoFi
  
  

 

• Ransomware: Key Steps for Dental Offices' to Avoid it or Reduce its Impact - The Digital Dental Record
  

OTHER ARTICLES

• What is Long-Term Care, and Who Needs It?
  Featuring PDAIS team member, Dr. Joel Waldman, a former dentist, who is certified in long-term care.     
  From North Hills Monthly Magazine, by Jack Etzel

• What Equipment Failure Could Cost You
• Customer Service, Competitive Pricing are Hallmarks of PDAIS
• Disasters Do Happen
• Preventing Strains and Sprains in the Dental Office
• Preventing Punctures and Lacerations in the Dental Office

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