In 2025, dental practices must adapt to significant HIPAA compliance changes and rising cybersecurity threats to protect patient data and maintain their reputation.

• Importance of 2025 for Dental Practices: 2025 is crucial for dental practices due to major HIPAA updates focused on cybersecurity and patient data protection, with stricter penalties for non-compliance.
• New HIPAA Compliance Changes: Key HIPAA updates include mandatory data encryption, multi-factor authentication, more frequent risk assessments, stronger employee training, and higher penalties for violations.
• Cybersecurity Threats: Dental practices face threats such as ransomware attacks, phishing scams, insider threats, and IT system vulnerabilities, which can lead to data loss, lawsuits, and reputational damage.

Olive + Goose offers tailored IT and compliance solutions, including HIPAA risk assessments, 24/7 cybersecurity monitoring, data encryption, employee training, and backup & disaster recovery.