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ADA “Transparency” in Health IT [Part I]
It all Depends on the Meaning of the Word By Darrell K. Pruitt; DDS http://community.pennwelldentalgroup.com/forum/topic/show?id=2013420%3ATopic%3A14837 It is my hope that the walls are beginning to...
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Collaborative Dental Health 2.0 [Upcoming Three Part Series]
Hippocratic Dental Consumerism By Darrell K. Pruitt; DDS Even before the downturn in the economy sent dentists scrambling for new sources of patients, these were already times of revolutionary changes...
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Problems with HIT in Minnesota
The Continuing eHR Saga By Darrell K. Pruitt; DDS If you were one of fifty governors who decide to jump off a cliff because flying looks so cool, would you proudly race to be the first to grab the air?...
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Reflections on Evidence Based Dentistry
My Search for Truth – 2009 By Darrell Kellus Pruitt; DDS Do the leaders of the American Dental Association [ADA] encourage critical thinking by membership? Or; do they fear my opinion of what appears...
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Defining Current Dental Terminology [CDT®] Codes
What they Are – How they Work By Staff Reporters OMAP Unique Procedure Codes* The HHS [Health and Human Services] Office of Medical Assistance Program’s [OMAP] unique procedure codes were originally...
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Red Flag Rules in Dentistry
Mayday for Identity Theft Provisions 2009 By Darrell K. Pruitt; DDS On October 22, 2008, the FTC announced that it would delay the enforcement of the Red Flags Rule for healthcare providers for six...
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Obama, HIT and Transparency in Government
Enhancing Transparency in Government using the Internet By Darrell K. Pruitt; DDS I recently came across news that could possibly be the first tangible step in the inevitable demise of traditional...
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ADA / IDM Breakup – You Heard it Here First
Will CareCredit be the Next ADA Subsidiary to Fail? I saw a warning sign last week. By Darrell K. Pruitt; DDS My aggressive writing hobby has understandably brought me in hard contact with public...
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Journal of the American Dental Association [Letter to the Editor]
ADA Image Tarnished? [By Darrell K. Pruitt; DDS] Dear Editor, This is a sincere letter which I am sure you will agree should be published in the October 2009 edition of the JADA. Today is July 19,...
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Dr. Pruitt Invites Dr. Cohen to Discuss eDRs
Where is the ADA’s Representative? By Darrell K. Pruitt; DDS He or she should have been talking with me long ago. I have the audience and I’m giving you that opportunity I promised you, Dr. Donald...
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Top Ten Signs the ADA is Hunkering Down
About the American Dental Association By Darrell K. Pruitt; DDS Today, I especially cherish my right as a dues-paying member of the ADA – and as an American – to share my blunt, un-requested opinion as...
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I Want Obama Transparency for the ADA
No More Hiding Places By D. Kellus Pruitt; DDS Today, Ed O’Keefe of the Washington Post posted “New Obama Orders on Transparency, FOIA Requests.”...
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Is the Texas Dental Association too Authoritarian?
About Employee Mary Kay Linn By Darrell Kellus Pruitt; DDS Texas Dental Association Executive-Director Mary Kay Linn seems to think that TDA members owe her respect for some reason. I don’t see it. You...
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The Benefits of Dentistry Unhurried
And Medicine, too? [By Kellus Pruitt DDS] The hidden truth about managed care dentistry: Unhurried dentistry is generally of higher quality than hurried dentistry; anyone up to challenging this...
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EHRs, ADA Leaders and Conflict of Interest
A decade later ….? By D. Kellus Pruitt DDS In July 2007, Dr. Robert H. Ahlstrom, representing the American Dental Association and by default, all US dentists, testified before the National Committee...
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Did ADA Leaders Mislead Congress about EDR Security?
Electronic Dental Records [EDR] Security? By Darrell K. Pruitt DDS “Terrifying Truth: Ransomware is Everywhere – At its basest level, ransomware is a form of kidnapping. Hackers effectively ‘kidnap’ a...
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DIGITAL SECURITY and the American Dental Association [ADA]
By Darrell K. Pruitt DDS Digital security and the ADA I wrote the following letter four years ago today. Neither The Digital Dental Record nor its sponsor, The American Dental Association, responded....
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BANKRUPTCY: e-Dental Records
By Darrell Pruitt DDS *** *** Even though the American Dental Association officially disagrees, if you haven’t adopted electronic dental records, now is not the time. “Ransomware attack threatens to...
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