A review from PC Magazine, read it all here Give the Gift of Vision
Even a powerful desktop with the latest components isn’t much fun if your monitor isn’t up to snuff. In fact, a mighty PC possessing Herculean 3D graphics and an excellent CPU will always appear hum drum when operated through a small outdated [...]
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Faster: You don’t need to go get the chart and re-file it, you don’t need to spend time writing the same thing over and over again.
Better Organized: Everything isn’t stuffed in a folder but is organized in the electronic chart by default. That means users can instantly find anything with an electronic search. The chart [...]
Sikka Software Corporation announced today that it is providing the dental community online access to its study club with articles from noted dentists and speakers, online chat ability with Sikka Software technical support and ability to view the features in the latest versions of the program releases. The focus of the SikkaSoft Study Club and [...]
A few weeks ago Kodak announced they were considering alternatives for their Health Group, which includes the dental systems. The press release is here:
What most analysts feel is that the announcement means that the group is for sale. The reaction of many people has been anxiety and uncertainty. That is understandable whenever there is a [...]
Going paperless is a process not an event. At first you will need the paper charts on all your patients as you will be referring to the previous paper entries. As time goes on you will need to refer less and less to the old paper records. After a year all the current x-rays will [...]
If you have ever viewed a picture on a computer screen you have used digital image management. In the dental office image management can be anything from simply viewing a patient photo to enhancing a digital radiograph with advanced diagnostic software. In its simplest form image management is like an electronic photo album. It allows [...]
Look here: PatientTracker for the rest of the web page
I just saw this. It looks like a complicated system. I haven’t tried it but there are several computerized communication systems like Blue Note and Smoke Signals already available. This product adds the ability to actually follow a patient through the office and even see how much time [...]
Read the whole article here: from PC Magazine: A Moving Target
A Moving Target
Today, cell-phone viruses are not a big deal. But if you think your phone will always be safe, think again.
By Robert Lemos Security companies have warned of the risks of mobile-phone viruses for the past five years, ever since the mass-mailing computer [...]
Video Capture: Video capture converts an analog video image to a computerized digital image. There are many ways to do this but most dental offices will use a video capture card installed in the treatment room computer. Any existing intraoral camera can be used with a video capture card. It is not the camera, which [...]
Some tips on image quality from Dale Miles. Look for more information here Dale Miles at Dales web site.
When the sales person shows you a new sensor system, the images look great! They used a good x-ray generator, displayed on a high-quality monitor and the images looked as good or better than most of your [...]
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For financing options when purchasing high tech equipment.
Look here: CADI for the whole story on another image management software. I like what they say in the headline, When it comes to digital x-ray, Think Software First.
Welcome to CADI – the leading digital x-ray and multimedia imaging software for dentistry. We believe that software selection is your first and most important decision when integrating [...]
Analyst’s Tip from PC Magazine:
Choose the Right Notebook Screen
By Cisco Cheng I’m buying a new notebook. I’m told I have two options for screen types, anti-glare and transflective. What’s the difference?Choosing the right screen type when you pick a notebook is tricky. Anti-glare screens are made by laminating a matte surface layer to the [...]
From:Random thoughts by Thomas Sowell -
Compromising by splitting the difference may solve many immediate problems by creating bigger long-run problems. Splitting the difference rewards the side with the most extreme and most intransigent position, guaranteeing continuing unreasonable demands and the continuing strife this generates
Look Here : Lexar’s PowerToGo: Portable Apps on USB Drives
The word apps in this article means applications. In other words a software program like Word or even Dentrix. What this system could allow a user to do is take Dentrix or Kodak or Schick along with them from one computer to another, take it home, [...]
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 [...]