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Practice-ready solutions for dental and medical offices nationwide.

HealthFirst helps dental and medical offices across the United States meet emergency preparedness standards and maintain patient safety compliance. Their content covers practical solutions for practice-ready operations, from emergency kits to staff training protocols. On MarketScale, HealthFirst delivers expert guidance for healthcare administrators navigating regulatory and safety requirements.

25 episodes
Channel Brief·HealthFirst · 25 episodes
Updated Jun 3, 2023

Dental and Medical Offices Need Systematic Emergency Preparedness

HealthFirst argues that most practices are unprepared for medical crises despite owning equipment. The channel proves it through expert panels, product case studies, and compliance frameworks.

HealthFirst's core argument is that owning emergency medical kits and crash carts is not enough; practices must actively manage medication shelf life, staff training, and infection control to survive a crisis. The channel proves this by interviewing infection-control experts, showing how practices like Big Top Dentist and Bratton Dental adopted HealthFirst solutions, and citing guidelines from the ADA and industry leaders like Dr. Stanley Malamed.

Drawn from What Emergencies Happen in Dental Offices And … and 3 more →

“Never worry about outdated emergency medical kits and crash carts or receiving invoices for replacing emergency medications.”

HealthFirst Emergency Medication Management (EMM) service description

By the numbers

84%

dental offices with emergency equipment but untrained staff

115

opioid overdose deaths per day in the United States

2 million

Americans addicted to opioid painkillers

300

virus particles estimated necessary to cause infection

What the channel argues

Data84 percent of dental offices have emergency equipment but staff lack confidence using it.→
InsightHealthFirst Emergency Medication Management (EMM) automates replenishment to eliminate outdated medications.→
InsightBig Top Dentist adopted HealthFirst for cost-effective surface infection control via SprayGuard.→
InsightBratton Dental uses Dental Enhancements from HealthFirst to maintain OSHA and HIPAA compliance.→
InsightThe opioid crisis led HealthFirst to add NARCAN Nasal Spray to all SM Series Basic Emergency Medical Kits.→

What you'll learn

•Why staff training on emergency equipment is as critical as having the equipment itself; confidence and procedure matter.
•How automated medication replenishment services remove the manual burden of tracking shelf life and compliance across crash carts.
•What specific infections, pathogens, and emergencies dental offices must prepare for: allergic reactions, asthma attacks, heart attacks, and opioid overdoses.
•How to size amalgam separators and medical waste solutions correctly to avoid overpaying for unnecessary filter cartridge recycling.

What to do about it

→Audit your emergency medical kit against ADA and JADA guidelines and ensure all staff receive hands-on training annually.
→Implement an automated medication replenishment system to eliminate manual shelf-life tracking and compliance risk.
→Partner with a bundled medical waste and compliance service to reduce disposal costs and consolidate regulatory oversight.

Who and what shows up

Dr. Stanley Malamed

Dental anesthesiologist and industry expert

Published clear directives on managing medical emergencies in dental practices and emergency medical kit standards.

Dr. Fiona Collins

General dentist, infection control expert, international speaker and author

Led expert panel discussions on superbugs, antibiotic resistance, UV disinfection, air quality, COVID-19 trends, and testing.

Dr. Scott Cohen

Chief Medical Information Officer and Clinical Performance Improvement Officer, Bassett Healthcare Network

Co-led panels on superbugs, UV disinfection, air quality, COVID-19 vaccines, trends, and testing protocols.

Jill Obrochta

Founder of Dental Enhancements, registered dental hygienist

Featured as a dental enhancement expert providing compliance program implementation guidance.

Dr. Don Cohen

Chief Clinical Officer, HealthFirst

Hosted expert panel discussion at 2021 OSAP Virtual Conference on superbugs and antibiotic resistance in dentistry.

Questions this channel answers

Q

What should a dental emergency medical kit contain?

Both the ADA and Journal of the American Dental Association (JADA) have published guidelines for emergency medical kits for general dentistry, with clear consensus on contents. Dr. Stanley Malamed, a dental anesthesiologist, has also published directives setting the industry-wide standard.

Expert Guidelines for Dental Emergency Medical Kits →
Q

How do I prevent infectious outbreaks in my dental office?

Install and follow daily infection prevention protocols to prevent bloodborne pathogen spread like Hepatitis C. A sterile environment is necessary for every patient to prevent outbreaks.

Top 5 Things that Dental Offices Can Do to Prevent an In… →
Q

How can I reduce medical waste disposal costs?

HealthFirst has partnered with Trilogy MedWaste to provide a complete bundled service for medical waste disposal and compliance training that can help offices save money regardless of size.

Medical Waste Pickup from Trilogy Medwaste, by HealthFir… →
Q

What are the risks of outdated emergency medications in a practice?

Having unprepared or outdated emergency kits can have grave consequences. Busy practices often struggle to manually check that emergency drugs are stocked and up to date.

What Emergencies Happen in Dental Offices And How To Pre… →
Q

What types of medical emergencies occur in dental offices?

Allergic reactions, fainting, asthma attacks, heart attacks, seizures, and opioid overdoses are not entirely uncommon in routine dental procedures.

What Emergencies Happen in Dental Offices And How To Pre… →
Topics:Emergency medical kits and crash cartsInfection control and disinfectionMedical waste disposal and complianceMedication management and shelf lifeDental office preparedness
Themes:Preparedness requires systems, not just productsCompliance and infection control are competitive advantagesAutomation removes human error from emergency readiness

Industry context

The global infection control market is expanding at approximately 6.5 percent annually, projected to grow from USD 58.5 billion in 2026 to USD 80.2 billion by 2031. Infection prevention programs have evolved into strategic drivers of hospital financial performance and organizational reputation.

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