ADA: New: Disaster Planning and More September 29, 2006
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The American Dental Association has released a new guide on Disaster Planning for your practice, with great assistance from the Florida Dental Association.
ADA: Disaster Planning and Recovery: http://www.ada.org/prof/prac/disaster/index.asp
The message to remember is this: “Proactive planning can mitigate loss, save lives and assure your practice continues to function when it may be needed most. The time to plan for a crisis is now.”
Topics covered in the guide include:
Evaluate: Current
Plan: Create
Prepare: Before
Respond: During
Recover: After
Guides & Resources
Worksheets & Applications
Hurricane Relief: Katrina
Impact of Katrina on African-American Dentists February 25, 2006
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The following news article describes the impact, plans, and conditions of life for several of the New Orleans dentists who were leaders in the local African American community.
Cass, Julia. Notable Mardi Gras Abscences Reflect Loss of Black Middle Class (Saturday, 25 February 2006): http://www.amhersttimes.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=841&Itemid=27
National Practitioner Data Bank February 23, 2006
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The National Practitioner Data Bank is a resource perhaps best known for its provision of aggregate data on trends in malpractice suits by state and profession. Another common use of the database is to ask for copies of reports on yourself (for practitioners), rather like asking for a copy of your credit report.
This resource is about to change location. It is currently available at:
National Practitioner Data Bank: http://www.npdb-hipdb.com/
“Beginning on May 8, 2006, the Data Bank Web site will be located at www.npdb-hipdb.hrsa.gov. The Data Banks are moving to a .gov domain name to help prevent fraud by showing Data Bank users that the NPDB-HIPDB Web site is under the Government-run domain.”
