This is Rose Hatton with the Becker's Dental Past s o podcast.
Here's your daily industry news briefing for today, April 27th,
first,
Chicago-based Aspen Dental experienced a cyber attack on its scheduling system
according to an April 26th report by Fox 13 Tampa Bay.
The hat caused Aspen Dental to lose access to its scheduling system in other
businesses applications. According to a spokesperson from the company,
Aspen Dental said it does not currently have any reason to believe that patient
data and information is compromised due to the attack and is working to bring
systems back online.
The D S O has more than 1000 dental practices across 43 states and
provides care to more than 30,000 patients each day.
Second,
Walmart Health is planning to open forest centers in the Oklahoma City area in
2024 to expand access to dental care.
The 5,750 square foot centers will provide health
services, including dental care to insured and uninsured patients.
According to an April 27th news release from the company.
Every Walmart health location will also integrate Epic's electronic health
record system. The centers will be next to Walmart Supercenters.
The company has 134 retail locations and
34,769 associates across the state.
The company also plans to enter the Missouri and Arizona markets in 2024.
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