Has the digital world taken hold of your practice? Can you remember a time when you didn’t rely upon text messaging to confirm patient appointments or allow patients to schedule their own appointments online 24/7?
Technology is changing workflows and the delivery of care in dental practices faster than we ever imagined. One of the areas beginning to impact dentistry is telehealth—more commonly known as teledentistry—throughout the industry.
Although it now seems a revolutionary concept, telehealth can be traced back to the early 1900s in Europe.1 One of the earliest teledentistry projects was started by the US military in 1994.2
So, in a world of boundless technology options, how do you even begin to research, select, and successfully implement a HIPAA-compliant teledentistry solution in your practice?
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