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Is Virtual Care Part of Your Re-Open Plan? Here’s Why It Should Be.

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How COVID-19 Has Impacted the PPE Supply Chain

By, Brian Heyndrickx, Co-Founder & CEO, Independent Dental Solutions In this article I will explain the impact COVID-19 has had on the availability of PPE for health care, particularly in the dental market, and how dentists will need to adapt, as we prepare to move forward into our “new normal”.  To a dentist or health care provider,PPE is as essential to your work as the training you received in dental school. Over the last several weeks, we have heard experts […] Read More...

Determining How Much PPE to Order

Just as consumers are struggling to find essential household items, such as toliet paper and cleaning supplies, dental practices are experiencing similar difficulties securing PPE. Additionally, it can be difficult to determine how much PPE to order. Our PPE estimator can help your practice calculate the amount of PPE you will need by taking into consideration your staffing and patient levels.   Read More...

COVID-19 Weekly Update (Friday, April 10th)

Our COVID-19 Dental Task Force will share COVID-19 updates weekly. For additional information or previous updates, please visit our website blog.   COVID-19 Dental Task Force Updates/Recommendations Each week, the task force will list a few financial and operational updates/recommendations for your consideration: Adding your Infection Control Protocol to your chart notes Include specific steps your practice is taking to minimize risk and maximize protections for everyone, things to include would be; infection control protocols your practice is utilizing and […] Read More...

Would Predictable Recurring Revenue Benefit Your Practice Right Now?

If you’re like most dentists across America, your practice revenue and personal income have been greatly affected in the last month. Maybe you can’t pay your rent or mortgage and perhaps you’ve temporarily laid-off most or all your employees. We’re relying on the federal government to provide our small businesses with assistance and grants but we’re not sure when it’s coming. We all know that recessions happen and now we’re painfully aware that a virus can devastate our businesses. Independent […] Read More...

April 3rd COVID-19 Webinar Recap

Thank you for all that attended the webinar! If you missed the April 3rd webinar, please click on the link below to listen to the recorded webinar: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/2521137687534916877 As mentioned during Friday’s webinar, this was the last one in the webinar series. Moving forward, we will send periodic updates via email. If you attended a webinar, you will automatically receive the emails. If you would like to sign-up for the mailing list, please go to: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/su/opdvIDS/COVID19  focused on HR questions. […] Read More...

Thursday, April 2nd COVID-19 TEAM Webinar

Thank you for all that attended the webinar! If you missed the April 2nd webinar, please click on the link below to listen to the recorded webinar: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/7392779041072899329 As mentioned during today’s webinar, this was the last team webinar. If you still have unanswered HR questions, please send them to [email protected] If you have general questions, please send them to [email protected] We will be transitioning to a periodic newsletter. If you registered for the webinar, then you are on our […] Read More...

COVID-19 PPE Recommendations

PPE & Safety Recommendations. There is still a lot of uncertainty surrounding sterilization, safety, and personal protective equipment requirements changes as a result of this pandemic. That said, we want to give those of you who are still seeing emergency patients some direction and recommendations. Please note that these are simply recommendations and do not constitute any official policy. Please reference the CDC, ADA, and other organizations as official policies are established. Firstly, the CDC has a great webpage that […] Read More...

Tuesday, March 31st COVID-19 Webinar Recap

Thank you for all that attended the webinar! If you missed the March 31st webinar, please click on the link below to listen to the recorded webinar: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/5584576094058009602 As mentioned during today’s webinar, this was the last one focused on HR questions. If you still have unanswered HR questions, please send them to [email protected] During the webinar, we referenced several online resources for staying up-to-date on the COVID-19 pandemic as it relates to the dental market, please see the list […] Read More...

March 27th COVID-19 Webinar Recap

Thank you for all that attended the webinar! If you missed the March 27th webinar, please click on the link below to listen to the recorded webinar: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/6385777022989445645 During the webinar, we referenced several online resources for staying up-to-date on the COVID-19 pandemic as it relates to the dental market, please see the list of links below: Immediate Action Steps Recommendations (IMPORTANT) :https://independent-ds.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Task-Force-Checkist-from-3.27.20-Webinar.pdf  IDS Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/independentdentalsolutions Recovery Plan: https://independent-ds.com/covid-19-recovery-plan/  SBA Economic Disaster Injury Loans Overview: https://independent-ds.com/sba-covid-19-economic-injury-disaster-loans/ SBA Website: https://www.sba.gov/page/coronavirus-covid-19-small-business-guidance-loan-resources […] Read More...