PM-17 Dental Business Dynamics
CE Hours: 1.5
Description: The primary purpose of a dental practice is to provide quality patient care to help patients achieve optimal dental health. Secondarily, dentistry is a business responsible for maintaining accurate clinical and financial records while providing a financially rewarding experience for the entire dental team.
Understanding fundamental business principles is necessary for a practice to function efficiently and effectively. Additionally, a basic understanding of software reports, computer security, and practice benchmarking is vital in maintaining accurate records.
This course discusses various business principles that help practices enhance production and collections while ensuring the accuracy and relevancy of software reports and financial data.
Learning Objectives:
- Calculate and measure practice performance
- Create accuracy and accountability through software and financial reports
- Explain basic computer/Internet security techniques to maintain the safety of patient records
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Pat Little, DDS
As a dentist, accountant, and technology consultant, Dr. Pat Little brings a unique blend of skill and experience to his presentations which focus on financial and data risk management. He integrates his accounting and business education with over thirty years of varying dental experiences including starting two private practices from “scratch.” After leaving clinical practice due to disability, Dr. Little returned to college to complete his accounting and general business education. Through Prosperident, Dr. Little conducts embezzlement examinations and advises dentists in matters related to fraud and embezzlement. Through Advantage Technologies, Dr. Little provides data and computer risk management consulting. While Dr. Little was raised and practiced dentistry in Georgia, he now resides with his family in Wesley Chapel, Florida. Away from the office, he enjoys presenting dental education courses nationwide and maintaining his high golf handicap!
In accordance with this policy, I declare I have a past or present proprietary or relevant financial relationship or receive gifts in kind (including soft intangible remuneration), consulting position or affiliation, or other personal interest of any nature or kind in any product, service, course and/or company, or in any firm beneficially associated therewith, as indicated: Advantage Technologies: Technology Consultant (Ongoing)
