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Work Without Workers

May 23, 2013

This week in Dentalcompare: We gather digital information about our patients simply as a byproduct of doing business. For example our computer knows the patient’s name, phone number, insurance coverage, birthday, employer and next scheduled appointment, plus a whole lot more. Once the data is in a digital form, a computer can be programmed to [...]

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Data is not Information

May 22, 2013

I was on a bike tour last week with a large medical data processing group. Talking with them about what they did this phrase came out repeatedly: “Data is not information.” As dentists using computers we generate a lot of data. However if we cannot assemble that data into a meaningful format it has little [...]

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Get Paid

May 21, 2013

Very interesting stats from Sesame Communication research, When patients receive a finacial reminder for a past due amount and they are offered the option of paying online: Within 24 hours 38% pay the balance. Within 48 hours 50% pay the balance.

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Take the Online Footprint Quiz

May 20, 2013

Are you net savvy? Take this quiz to determine your online footprint. Do you have a practice web page? Has the practice web page been updated in the last year? Do you send e-mails to patients? Do you have an office blog? Are you on Facebook, as a dentist? Do you Tweet? Are you listed [...]

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Anti-Buzz: Judo

May 18, 2013

When I’m thinking about modern technology but I’m not waxing philosophic about it here, I’m usually thinking about digital products – music, movies, photos, games, software – and the economic reality behind them. Occasional soapbox moments aside, I don’t delve into these topics much here because it has seemed to me that the subject wasn’t relevant to [...]

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Webinar e-Services

May 17, 2013

At last, technology that pays for itself. One of the most powerful trends in technology is the development and expansion of the Internet and eServices yet many dentists do not understand or utilize eServices. This course will explain what an eService is and how you can use eServices to improve patient care and increase profitability [...]

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Scheduling Posts in Facebook

May 13, 2013

A Guest blog from Deploy Dental. The opinions expressed are from Deply Dental not Dr. Larry Emmott. However I believe it is valuable for dentists to get various takes on technology issues in order to make good technology choices. _____________________________________________________________________________ By: Deploy Dental Are you still using third party applications like Hootsuite, Tweetdeck, etc. to [...]

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Eight Advantages of Cloud Computing

May 10, 2013

Dentalcompare this week’s article. What the heck do people mean when they talk about cloud computing and how does that effect dentistry? …one would never display techno ignorance by being so out of it as to ask what the term “The Cloud” is actually referring to. So what does the cloud actually mean in the [...]

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Come on to the Dentist

May 9, 2013

A very cool compilation of instagram images people actually took in the dental office, created by My Social Practice. HT Kevin Henry

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Sesame Upgrade

May 8, 2013

My friends at Sesame Communications have upgraded their website and launched the next generation of web design and SEO (search engine optimization) services. Web design includes a new responsive design framework that creates an optimized view from a single website for users on mobile devices, smartphones, tablets, laptops, or desktop computers. The system responds to [...]

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You will be Googled

May 5, 2013

Any potential new patient, even one with a great personal referral from an existing patient, is going to Google you just to get the address and phone number. In fact many of your existing patients will Google you to get your phone number. When you Google your name what do you see? If you have [...]

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Anti-Buzz: App-Stores

May 4, 2013

I’m in a bolder mood this year and I was going to come at you with another tech prediction this week, (albeit a strange one – wait until next week), but instead I’m going to have to backpeddle and address the state of a tech prediction I already made. Big news this week was that several [...]

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Interactive “Smart” Forms

May 2, 2013

Our first notion is to simply copy the paper forms we have always used in a digital format like a pdf. However once you start thinking digital and electronic the forms can become so much more. Forms can now be smart and interactive. For example, Men do not become pregnant. So why ask them if [...]

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Illinois issues regulations on how dentists can participate in Groupon

May 2, 2013

From the ADA: Illinois is the latest state to issue regulations on how health care providers, including dentists, can participate in social couponing websites without violating unethical fee-splitting laws. The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulations on April 10 issued a statement that says as long as health care providers follow certain rules, advertising [...]

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Evaluating Facebook Home

April 25, 2013

A Guest blog from Deploy Dental. The opinions expressed are from Deply Dental not Dr. Larry Emmott. However I believe it is valuable for dentists to get various takes on technology issues in order to make good technology choices. _____________________________________________________________________________ By: Deploy Dental On April 12th, Facebook officially released its new mobile app called Facebook [...]

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Finding the Information You Need Right Now

April 25, 2013

This week on Dentalcompare. Lots and lots of online resources: “What did you do before the Internet if you wanted to know something like who starred in that movie or what is the capitol of Missouri?” “Well,” she replied, “We just sat there and didn’t know.” The Internet has certainly changed the way we find [...]

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Patient can sue dentist who tried to censor online reviews

April 24, 2013

More bad news for Stacey Makhnevich: A patient who faced legal threats after writing a negative review about his dentist has cleared a key legal hurdle, as a New York court rejected the dentist’s “ridiculous” arguments for dismissing the lawsuit. via Pain relief: patient can sue dentist who tried to censor online reviews | Ars [...]

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Silicon Valley trying to kill Internet privacy bill

April 23, 2013

Another instance of “Who Owns the Data?” …the Right to Know Act, accuses the business groups of overreacting to hide their true intentions: to keep out of the public’s eye the lucrative practice of amassing personal information on people who use online services, computer apps, social networking sites and other portals that track people’s locations, [...]

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Graph Search Could Change Everything

April 23, 2013

The following is an excerpt from my Dentalcompare article. Follow the link for the whole thing. …There it is, “dentists my friends liked.” With Graph Search a patient “like” becomes far more valuable than it was before… With Graph Search the person looking for a dentist … can search their social graph to see which dentists [...]

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Online Bill Pay

April 22, 2013

I am a huge fan of online e-services. The video above from Sesame gives a quick outline of the benefits of one simple online service, that is allowing patients to pay online from your web page. This not only improves cash flow and reduces receivables it gives patients a reason to return to your web [...]

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