CDA Essentials 2016 • Volume 3 • Issue 6

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CDA at Work
CDA Practice Support ServicesWebsite:
Don’t forget to register office staff members
If you’re already registered on the CDA Practice Support
Services (PSS) website you have likely
used the website to:
 subscribe to CDAnet
 subscribe to the ITRANS Claim Service
 download the CDA Digital ID
 maintain office information that is transmitted to
insurance companies—including updates when a
dentist joins or leaves a practice
But it’s also important to identify the office staff members
who are responsible for the day-to-day administration
related to CDAnet, ITRANS, and claims processing, and get
them registered on the PSS website.
Managing the risks associated
with an electronic records
management system requires
that individuals with access to
the system are identified and
authenticated. “Whatever you
do, don’t share your sign-in credentials with anybody!”
stresses Geoff Valentine, CDA manager of health informatics
services. “Many provinces now have data privacy regulations
that require unique sign in credentials for each user of a
system that processes patient information—so sharing your
username and password for the PSS website isn’t just bad
practice, it could be a regulatory violation.”
Step 2: The staff member signs in
The staff member must then sign in to the PSS website (make sure the dentist has logged out first)
as Non-dentist office staff.
Click Enter code to create a new account.
Enter the invitation code from the Invitation for office staff.
Click Validate Code.
Complete the information required for registration, including username and password.
Click Join.
To register an office administrator with their own sign-in credentials on the PSS website, follow these two steps:
Step 1: The dentist creates the invitation
Sign in to the PSS website as a dentist using your username and password.
Click the office number for the location where you want to add an office staff administrator.
Click the Invite office admin button.
Administrative permissions for Junior
admin or Senior admin roles can be
viewed by clicking Check role details.
Where it says New Admin, type the
staff member’s first and last name.
Click Invite new admin .
Select the office(s) where you want to add the office staff administrator and then select their role (Junior admin or
Senior admin).
Click Create Invitation, which brings
you to an Invitation for office staff.
Print this page with the Invitation
Code and give it to the office staff
member, or copy the text and email
it to the staff member. Log out of the
PSS website.
Add exisiting admin
Start typing name Leslie Lee
Invite new admin
Choose o ce admin:
Existing Admin: OR New Admin:
Invitation for o ce sta
The invitation code was created successfully. Please provide Leslie Lee with the details below. Have Leslie Lee go to
click on the “Non-dentist o ce sta ” button, and then “enter code to create new account”.
Admin name:
Invitation code:
My o ces:
Leslie Lee
V1K37Q441136
699G, 755G
Back to O ces Add another admin
Geoff Valentine