I just got back from New York. Lots of new and exciting things happening. The biggest buzz was the DRC from Sullivan Schein. It is a lot easier to show you than tell you so check it out here.
Much more to come in the next few days!
A recent independent study found that dental offices using Care Credit had significant improvement in key practice numbers. Here are some of the most important findings.
Production increase with Care Credit 25.3% without Care Credit 4.1% Accounts receivable decrease with Care Credit 37.7% without Care Credit 3.8% Other interesting findings
21% increase in the dollar amount per procedures completed [...]
From the Kodak website here How they work
The SensorsIt all starts with our exclusive sensor design, the foundation of our unique system. Our intraoral and extraoral sensors consistently provide a high-quality, film-resolution image, free from distortion and noise. The sensor records the image and transforms it into an electrical signal that is converted to binary [...]
Dentrix has changed the name of their stand alone imaging product from Vipersoft to Dentrix Clarity. Vipersoft was the original name of the program when Dentrix purchased Integra Medical. Vipersoft was integrated to Dentrix as Dentrix Image. The product is the same only the name has changed. Clarity is a complete image management application which [...]
Posted by Tom Hedge on DentalBlogs -
Film is dead. Kodak is not making slide projectors anymore and will soon stop servicing them. Digital camera sales have now surpassed film camera sales. Digital sales are up 80% in 2005 over 2004. Remember Smith Corona?
I have noticed that of all of the digital images I [...]
MOUSE PAD - Where Mickey and Minnie live
BAR CODE - Them’s the fight’n rules down at the local tavern
DISKETTE - Female Disco dancer
CACHE - Needed when you run out of food stamps
DIGITAL - The art of counting on your fingers
FAX - What you lie about to the IRS
INTERNET - [...]
Sullivan Schein Dental will launch a new program DRC, the Dental Resource Center next Monday Nov 28 at the Greater New York Dental Meeting. I will be at the launch and have helped develop some content. More to come.
What is all the hype over blue tooth? It seems kinda stupid to me!
The Dental Concierge is the best, most practical management program I have ever attended. The program complimented many years of management training and allowed me and my staff to create an insurance free cash practice. I teach 1/2day on cameras imaging and web sites, along with an all star cast lead by Bob Maccario.
March 29–31, 2006
Sept 18–20, 2006
For [...]
Thanks to the web wizards at TNT dental I have a great new blog look.
The look of the computer desk top, the colors, the photos and the screensavers should be consistent with the look of the practice. Create custom desktops with your practice name or logo. And don’t use lame windows screen savers make your own that enhance your practice. The article below from Computeractive will show you how to do [...]
From Dale Miles great web site here LearnDigital..The Imaging Chain Aug. 03
The Frame-grabber (video board)The frame grabber (also called a video board) is probably the most important and least understood element in a digital image processing system. A frame grabber converts the captured analog, electronic signal from the sensor and converts it to a digital [...]
Virtually every piece of High Tech equipment from computers to Cad-Cam has “soft costs” associated with it. These costs may include shipping, installation, training, software, warranties and service plans. Soft costs are an integral part of any purchase but banks typically aren’t willing to finance this because these items are not recoverable.
PreViser Home
PreViser Corporation provides web-enabled diagnostic decision support tools for dentists and dental hygienists. The tools are simple, inexpensive and easy to use.
Oral cancer is extremely serious, and like all disease needs to be identified as early as possible to improve the likelihood of successful outcomes. Knowing a patient’s risk level alerts you to [...]
Sony’s sour note | CNET News.com
Sony BMG Music Entertainment finds itself singing the blues this week, after copy protection on many of its CDs struck a sour note on fans’ PCs. The record label will recall millions of CDs that, if played in a consumer’s PC disc drive, will expose the computer to serious security [...]
Yes, paperless is possible but…………
It is probably not realistic to attempt a completely paperless office, however it is entirely possible and extremely cost effective to start using paperless patient records. In fact when most people talk about a paperless office that is really what they mean; paperless charts and patient records.
Read the whole review here: PC Magazine
Portable hard drives make a good fast alternative back up system. Much better than the old tape systems.
Iomega Portable Hard Drive REVIEW DATE: 09.28.05
Price: 40GB, $119.95 list; 60GB, $149.95; 80GB, $199.95; 100GB, $299.95. Company: Iomega Corp., www.iomega.comBy Craig Ellison At 5.1 by 3 by 0.5 inches (HWD) and [...]