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Subject: OSHA & HIPAA Want to Know -- What's Your Disaster Management Plan?


Guest Expert: Marianne Harper of The Art of Practice Management

Summary: Imagine giving someone an injection when an earthquake hits? It happened to me and anywhere you live in the U.S., there are disasters like tornadoes, floods, hurricanes, earthquakes, and of course, fire. Are you prepared, and even more importantly, do you know by law you may have to be prepared? In this interview, Marianne Harper spills the beans on disaster management, what you must know, and how to avoid getting caught unprepared.

• Download the audio interview here:
  
  http://content.screencast.com/users/MyDentalChannel/folders/MyDentalChannel/media/8d12f9e8-3afe-4b54-894d-8022336c525d/disaster-plan-dental-practice-1.mp3



• Download the Special Excerpt for the Audio (PDF) for you and your Team here
  
  http://www.mydentalchannel.com/pdf/MyDentalChannel-Disaster-Harper-Guide.pdf



• You can also visit here to read a longer article, "You Can't Mess With Mother Nature", by Marianne Harper on the subject of this interview.
  
  http://www.dentaleconomics.com/display_article/327398/54/none/none/Feat/You-can%27t-mess-with-Mother-Nature
  

• On the Internet? Please visit OSHA and HIPAA Want to Know: What's Your Disaster Management Plan? for the complete interview
  
  http://www.screencast.com/t/uijjqPKxh2s

Overview

Disasters are something you don't plan for, yet in today's changing business and legal climate, what you don't know may hurt your practice.

• Natural disasters - tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, icestorms, and blizzards...even tsunamis.
  
  

• Human errors - like a laptop that has patient information and someone steals the laptop
  
  

• Terrorist attacks or civil unrest
  
  

• Technological risks like viruses and hackers
  
  

• And lastly, fire
  
  

• If not, OSHA and HIPAA rules may state that you have to be prepared for all of these.

About the Expert

Marianne Harper is the owner of “The Art of Practice Management”, a dental practice management company. Her diverse educational background compares to the myriad colors on an artist’s palette that will seek to complement each other in an artistic creation. Her “palette” consists of an education major, certification in a dental assisting curriculum and courses in business and accounting. Her ability to combine these resources with her career experiences has created a consultant with multifaceted talents.

Marianne has spent almost thirty years in the dental field. The first five years were spent as a dental assistant enjoying the personal satisfaction of helping her patients with their dental needs. She then shifted her career into the business arena of dentistry. It is in this area that Marianne flourishes! She has been an office administrator for dental practices for over twenty years.

I remember when the great earthquake struck San Francisco, I was in the middle of an injection. That is not the time to think of creating a disaster management plan. From theft to the ultimate attack Mother Nature can bring, you deserve to protect your practice. It's just smart business.

Sincerely,

John Buzza

http://www.mydentalchannel.com/now

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