Virtual Initial Consults
Helpful Hints
How it Works
No Referral Necessary!
Use your phone to find out if you or your child could benefit from Orthodontic Treatment
1.
Take 8 photos on your phone: copy the examples below
2.
Text photos to 860.561.5358
and fill out form below
3.
Our Treatment Coordinator
will contact you to discuss
your Treatment Plan &
Affordable Payment Options
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VERY IMPORTANT: When we send you an email or you send us an email, the information sent is not encrypted. That means a third party may be able to access the information and read it since it is transmitted over the Internet and someone may e able to access your email account and read it.
HIPAA stands for Health Information Portability and Accountability Act.
HIPAA was passed by the US government in 1996 in order to establish privacy and security protections for health information.
Information stored on our computers is encrypted.
Email is a very popular and convenient way to communicate for a lot of people, so in their latest modification\ to the HIPAA act, the federal government provided guidance on email and HIPAA.
The Guidelines state that if a patient has been made aware of the risks of unencrypted email, and that same patient provides consent to receive health information via email, then a health entity may send that patient personal medical information via unencrypted email.