Backup for Dental Practices

What best practices can prevent data breach of private information?

Empower your employees to perform proper data management. Without ongoing training, human error can play a central role in data loss. Mitigate this risk through team education on the importance of following HIPAA privacy rules, and by learning how to keep data secure. (See our ransomware prevention checklist.)

Make sure you are up-to-date with your backup and recovery plan and understand HIPAA regulations for dental offices. Cyber attacks are becoming more frequent, even with dental practices doing more to prevent them. The best way to avoid penalties associated with patient data is to have a HIPAA compliant backup solution in place with a well documented and tested DR (Disaster Recovery) plan.

Source: Dental iQ

"Failure to produce patient records" is the most commonly cited violation 

Under state of law, a dental practice must provide a copy of a patient’s information within 15 days of receiving such request. The dental practice must also provide the data in the format requested by the client. This might include X-rays, photographs and any written information, even if it isn't clinical.

The HHS Office of Civil Rights has already reached multiple settlements so far in 2022, in each case topping tens of thousands of dollars. OCR Director Lisa Pino states that "These enforcement actions are designed to hold healthcare providers accountable with HIPAA compliance".

Ransomware attacks severely affecting US dental practices and providers

A recent update to its 2021 data breach notice increased the number of people affected by the Smile Brands ransomware attack and data theft to 2,592,494 individuals, including employees. 

An investigation indicated that attackers had access to data including patient names, contact information, financial data, Social Security numbers, and other personal health information. The attack was determined to be the 4th largest healthcare data breach in 2021. 

Source: SC Magazine

MSP Dental for Service Providers

As an IT integrator or service provider, you can offer managed backup for dental practices and watch your profits grow exponentially. Our MSP backup solutions allow service providers to enjoy recurring revenue from their dental customers by providing 100% HIPAA compliant backup and recovery services. View HIPAA facts for MSPs.

Bill customers for a powerful backup solution that includes your own remote backup management services. Wrap it into your existing offerings, or charge a separate fee. Add offsite cloud backup for additional revenue. Schedule a call with a backup expert to learn about NovaBACKUP's platform for MSP Dental professionals.