Is That New AI Charting Assistant a HIPAA Risk?
AI scribes and charting tools are moving into operatories fast. Before you turn one on, here's what it means for HIPAA, your BAAs, and your patient data.
Read more →Dental IT Resources
Practical security and technology guidance for Colorado Front Range dental practices.
Does Your Dental Practice Have the Right BAAs in Place?
If a vendor touches your patient data, HIPAA requires a signed Business Associate Agreement before they do that work. Most practices are missing more of these than they realize — here's who needs one and what's at stake.
Read more →Is Your Dental Practice Encrypting Patient Emails?
Standard email is not HIPAA-compliant. If your front desk or providers are emailing PHI through a regular inbox, you have a compliance gap. Here's what the rules actually require and what options work for dental practices.
Read more →Is Your Dental Website ADA Compliant? What Every Practice Needs to Know in 2026
HHS has finalized rules requiring dental practices that receive federal financial assistance to make their websites and digital tools accessible to people with disabilities. Large practices must comply by May 2027 — small practices by May 2028.
Read more →Have Your Backups Actually Been Restored?
Having backups is not the same as having working backups. Most dental practices discover the difference at the worst possible moment — when they need to recover from a ransomware attack or server failure.
Read more →Does Your Dental Office Have a Separate Guest Wi-Fi on Its Own VLAN?
Offering patients Wi-Fi in the waiting room is a nice touch — but if that network touches the same infrastructure as your Dentrix server and imaging systems, you have a serious security problem.
Read more →Are Employee Personal Devices on Your Primary Network?
When a team member connects their personal phone or laptop to the same network as your practice management system, they may be introducing threats you have no visibility into — and creating a HIPAA compliance gap.
Read more →Do You Rotate Passwords After an Employee Leaves?
Employee turnover is a fact of life in dental practices. But every departure that isn't followed by a credential audit leaves a door open — sometimes literally, to your patient records and financial systems.
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