Gearlog
So Cool It Can’t Be Real: Bluetooth Laser Virtual Keyboard
How about this for a completely sterile keyboard
The future is here with a keyboard from ThinkGeek that’s not really quite there. The Bluetooth Laser Virtual Keyboard is a tiny device (only 3.5-inches high) that projects a virtual keyboard onto your desk (or any flat surface) [...]
The Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition estimates that consumer electronics constitute 40 percent of the lead found in landfills, and other toxic materials, such as cadmium, barium, and mercury, are all found in PC components. Because of this, many municipal refuse and recycling companies don’t offer curbside pickup of computer equipment.
Fortunately, computer-recycling companies meet this challenge. [...]
Check out TNT Dental here: They have a great gallery of web pages they have designed for dentists. Everyone is unique with killer graphics.
I will be presenting at the National AGD meeting next week. I will be doing a full day on paperless records and images and then a full day workshop on digital cameras, and cosmetic imaging.
New News From PC Magazine: IBM Software Offers Constant Data Backups
IBM is hoping to take the guilt trip out of the backup process with their latest software, the Tivoli Continuous Data Protection for Files, which is aimed at the average user and automatically works quietly behind the scenes, like antivirus software. On Friday, IBM announced [...]
Look here Ergodontics for some alternative computer mounting solutions.
A good example of a spreadsheet which is described below is the hardware calculator I developed which is available on the main page or by clicking here.
Understanding and mastering spreadsheets will give you a powerful tool to evaluate current practice performance and predict future performance. Spreadsheets are computer programs that let you create and manipulate data electronically. In a spreadsheet application, each value sits in a cell arranged in rows and columns. You can define what type of data is in [...]
I had the chance to spend some time with the developer of Patient Gallery image management software last week in Seattle. For years I was a user and a big fan of ImageFx. Patient Gallery is the next level of ImageFx. You can check it out here.
This newest version has all the cosmetic imaging tools [...]
We had a trainer come to the office Wednesday to help us learn to use the new treatment planning software called Xcpt, (pronounced accept). The developer is a periodontist from Florida. He has thought of some nice features. I need to work with it some more to determine if I really like it. The web [...]
The following comes directly off the Iomega press release
Reliable data backups are a necessity in all businesses. Yet the most common storage alternatives have limitations as backup devices. Optical drives have weaknesses of reliability, capacity, and speed. Hard drives are not an archive medium and compared to a REV disk, they have weaknesses of shock [...]
Another patient contact service Cellminder Inc.
CellminderSM is a breakthrough solution that improves communications between health care professionals and patients, optimizes practice revenues while reducing practice costs and enhances the quality of health care services. CellminderSM provides a user-friendly software solution that combines text messaging, outbound phone calls, e-mail and regular mail into one platform that [...]
/>New Features in Patterson EagleSoft Version 13.00 “ Fast CheckIn - This kiosk-style check-in center is designed for patients to enter registration information directly into the system unassisted. The patient registration form includes patient demographics, medical history, HIPAA forms and the ability to view CAESY patient education presentations. Patients can access Fast CheckIn from a desktop [...]
1. Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish, and he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day.
2. The journey of a thousand miles begins with a broken fan belt and leaky tire.
3. It’s always darkest before dawn. So if you’re going [...]
Look here Dental News Report for a new dental news blog
One of the common mistakes dentists make with electronic charting is that they only go part way. For example: They use a paper chart in the treatment room during diagnosis to mark future treatment. Then they take the paper chart to the computer and enter everything again. They will use the computer to create an [...]
Look here ADA.org: Current Dental Terminology (CDT): Products for Individual Users to order the newest CDT coding information.
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CDT 2007–2008 Current Dental Terminology—Spiral Bound Book—Item [...]
Florida Probe has just announced a new major version release. The Version 6 release includes the new Risk Assessment Screening tool; new MGJ (mucogingival junction) Mode; ability to enter multiple medical alerts at the same time; new option to print the text summary on the Periodontal Chart; new Keyboard Shortcuts dialog accessed by the right [...]
The gala Dentrix users meeting in Kona Hawaii has been postponed. The original date was August, now it will probably be April 2007.
Gross Revenue
$674,860
Case Acceptance
68%
Diagnosed Treatment
$992,441
Overhead %
60.5%
Overhead $
$408,290
Lab 6.7%
$45,216
Supplies 6.2%
$41,841
Net Practice Income
$179,513
Increase case acceptance 10%
68% + 6.8% = 74.8%
Diagnosed Treatment
$992,441
Acceptance %
74.8%
Gross Revenue
$742,346
Fixed Overhead does not change
$408,290
Lab 6.7%
$49,737
Supplies 6.2%
$46,025
Net Practice Income
$238,293
Increase in profit
$58,780
The example above shows that an office grossing $647,860 per year will increase net profit by $58,780 with a 10% increase in case acceptance.