It’s that time of the year. In case you need some help, following are seven new years resolutions you need to consider for 2006
Education and Training: Resolve to learn about something you may not know much about but you know it will help you be a better dentist. Like maybe using computer technology in the office. If [...]
Dental Town has posted the winners of the 2005 Townie Choice Awards. Follow the link here Townie Choice Awards for details.
Below are the winners in the Practice Management Category. I was very happy to see four of my favorite companies represented, that is; Sally McKenzie, Care Credit, Caesy and Dentrix. On the other hand I have very [...]
“Every few hundred years throughout Western history, a sharp transformation has occurred. In a matter of decades, society all together rearranges itself - its worldview, its basic values, its social and political structure, its arts, and its key institutions. Fifty years later a new world exists. And the people born into that world cannot even [...]
DPR announced they are sponsoring a second Digital Radiography Congress: May 11–12, 2006 in New York at the Brooklyn Bridge Marriott. The inagural meeting in 2005 was a major event that some people saw as a turning point in the history of digital radiography. Mark your calendars now, more to come.
Francine Hardaway is a remarkable person with unusual insights into the developing hi tech business world. She writes a weekly e-column. the latest edition is here Stealthmode Partners:
at some time in our lives wewill all be customers of the health care industry. And yes, much as we liketo think of nuns running hospitals and [...]
I have decided to replace my old over the patient units with a state of the art DentalEz rear delivery system. However I have a BIG problem. All the plumbing connections, air, water, vacuum and electricity come up through the floor under the chair, In order to move the connections I will need to pull [...]
Problem: Can I undo any changes I have made to the computer? Is there a way to go back to how the computer was before installing a program, or worse yet I caught this virus, or …whatever??
Answer: Yes, Windows includes a tool called System Restore that will make a record of how the computer is [...]
Join Dr. Larry Emmott the nation’s top dental technology expert, on this three-day high intensity CE-Vacation program. Each day Dr. Emmott will lead a mountain biking group in the morning and a seminar in the afternoon. For non bikers Sedona offers lots of fabulous options like shopping, golf or jeep rides. He will give you [...]
High-Tech Dictionary Emoticons
Emoticons are facial expressions made by a certain series of keystrokes. Most often producing an image of a face sideways.
Everybody knows that is a smiley face indicating to the reader that the content is not to be taken too seriously. Well did you know there are lots and lots and lots of [...]
For over twenty years the AADPA (American Academy of Dental Practice Administration) has been one of the most powerful influences in both my professional and personal life. In 2006 the Academy will celebrate with a 50th Anniversary meeting.See the details here:2006, 50th Anniversary Annual Meeting
You owe it to yourself to consider this remarkable meeting, it [...]
The basic DentForms program has been revamped and re-named to PT Dental. The product is undergoing a complete upgrade which should be available soon. Update Dec 12. The preceeding is not really accurate, I was given some bad info, or more accurately I misunderstood. Dentforms is not being re-named PT Dental. PT Dental is a new [...]
Blogging will be reduced a bit for a few weeks. I crashed badly on my mountain bike and fractured my right clavicle. Ouuch needless to say it makes typing difficult, not to mention dentistry.
Maybe its time I got a grown up hobby??? How many people break bones golfing?
Under current tax incentives you are allowed to expense or write off up to $105,000 in qualified equipment and technology purchases made in 2005. This includes computer software and hardware. It also includes digital radiography, cameras, diagnostics and communication systems. Following are some ideas on how you can spend your $105,000.
Basics: If you don’t have [...]
Adopted from PC Magazine:
WIRELESS:Do not buy—802.11b: .Maybe buy—802.11g: “g” is faster than “b,” But it’s about to be supplanted by “n.”Do buy—802.11 pre-n: There is some risk with this as the n standard is still developing.
MONITORS:Do not buy—CRTs: Those are the huge heavy old TV style monitors.Maybe buy—large-screen CRT HDTVs: .Do buy—LCD TVs and [...]
Now “e” is the symbol of a whole new way of communicating, it’s not just a letter anymore it is a way of life! Just for starters we have: e-mail, e-books, e-commerce, e-trades, e-tickets, e-claims, e-bills, e-cards, e-loans, e-communications, e-learning, e-payments, e-business and of course e-bay.
The basic meaning of the “e” is electronic, however the [...]
I have been hearing about this for years. My friend Dale Miles started work on this concept almost twenty years ago. Now a true hand held x-ray unit is here. Well it isn’t really here it is in Korea. A company named Osstem (linked here) has working models they showed at the Greater New York meeting. [...]
The office gets paper from insurance companies, from specialists, from dental labs, from finance companies and from other dentists. How the heck can you have a paperless office if the world keeps sending you paper?
Here is how you do it. When some paper arrives that should be kept in the patient record such as a [...]