OK OK OK, I admit there is still some need for paper in the dental office.
Henry Schein Practice Solutions - Wasatch Summit.
The Internet will completely change doctor to doctor communications. If a referral is needed in the future you will make an appointment at the specialist’s office via the Internet and inform the specialist with an e-mail. Then all the patient’s information will be transferred to a secure Internet site. The specialist will download the patient [...]
John Naisbitt, the author of the best selling book Megatrends, coined the phrase “High Tech-High Touch”. Naisbitt noted that people really do like High Tech. That is they like the excitement, the change, the novelty, the speed and rapid access to information, they like new and innovative ways of doing things. But they don’t like [...]
No matter how much we use technology the prime focus of the dentist and assistant must be delivering fine dental treatment. If the technology gets in the way of doing dentistry the technology is in the wrong place.
There is a zone around the head of the chair, the dentistry first area, which should be reserved [...]
If you get a good set of intraoral digital photos and x-rays you can do much of the charting at your desk. You no longer need to be chairside with the assistant calling out findings while she scribbles things down on paper. This is especially true with existing restorations, broken teeth and other conditions. You [...]
Pride Institute - Continuing Education - Creating Your High-Tech Practice.
I am very excited to be working with the Pride Institute. We will be providing training and high tech consulting for dental offices. The first joint project we have planned is the seminar linked above May 16–17 at Pride HQ in Calif.
No film processing saves considerable time, but even more significant is that it will reduce one of the biggest hassles in the dental office. How many times have you seen a good x-ray ruined by poor developing, weak chemicals or light exposure? No developing also means no chemicals, no developer, no pollution, no film no [...]
The dental Industry takes to the Super highway!
The Insurance Industry takes to the Super highway!
A possibility for the front desk not adequate for the treatment rooms.
Really compact, green, and all business, the Lenovo ThinkCentre a61e ($659 direct) is a sub-$700 business PC for those business owners who want to spend wisely. In addition to the system’s reasonable price, the a61e is compact (helping your office space needs), quiet (helping [...]
You might wonder if it’s even possible to have a safe computing experience in this day and age, beyond unplugging your broadband connection and never installing any software. Of course it’s possible, but it will take some work on your part. You need to install tools to protect yourself, learn good practices, and most important: [...]
I will be presenting this week all day Friday March 21 for the Greater St. Louis Dental Society. Details here:
From a “best of” tech support recording:
A Canadian customer was calling to find out if there was a faster way to trigger menu commands than mousing up to the menus.
Agent: Certainly, sir. There are keyboard shortcuts for many of those commands. For example, suppose you want to trigger the Select All command…
Caller: Yes, I use that [...]
Better, Faster, Stronger. G3 is here!When the right elements are put together, amazing things happen. DENTRIX continues its transformation with DENTRIX G3, offering technology that Comes Together to make your practice more efficient and more profitable. DENTRIX G3 enables offices to take the next step toward a paperless practice and offers a new level in [...]
I mentioned this device in the past, noting it looked like an interesting idea. Now I have had the chance to try one and it is awesome!!
I am still working on the best way to use it in the office. It makes a nice drawing pad. I can see using it to communicate with labs [...]
Looking at this photo it should be obvious how much of a non issue the cord is. If it is possible to have the positioning arm for the target come out of the mouth it is equally possible for the cord to come right out with it.
If you can master a saliva ejector you can [...]
Many dentists are so afraid of a possible computer failure that they refuse to use it, just in case. That is silly. Ask yourself, what if my car breaks down on the way to the office? What if the power goes out? What if the air compressor dies? The fact is that we rely on [...]
The best way to save money with technology is to use the systems you buy effectively. That means good, ongoing training for the staff and the dentist. It means abandoning old paper based systems which take up valuable staff time. It means entering treatment from the moment it is diagnosed to the moment it is [...]
Failing to make contact information easy to find.
Programming that search engines can’t “see”.
Not updating the site routinely. An out of date site is worse than no site.
Not checking email. This is equivalent to not answering the phone in your practice.
Not making design and content choices that truly represent the practice. A website should [...]