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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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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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Guide to “Going Paperless”

May 7, 2013

2013 Updated Version Now Available Is it really possible to go paperless? How can I turn all this junk into a digital record? And why should I even bother? As a dental practice management consultant, I will tell you that it is possible to create a completely paperless dental record. And going paperless can save [...]

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A Car is Not Merely a Faster Horse

May 2, 2013

This week on Dentalcompare. Dentists buy the wrong technology because they are stuck in the wrong timeframe “A car is not merely a faster horse.” E-mail is not a faster fax. Word processing is not a faster typewriter. And Google is not merely faster Yellow Pages. At the basic level this is a simple idea [...]

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Quick Dental Office Hardware Budget

April 29, 2013

The following is a rough estimate of a fully computerized general dental office with four treatment rooms. Basic Requirements Server $3,500 4 Treatment Rooms @ $2,200 ea. $8,800 2 Business @ $1,000 ea. $2,000 Doctor’s Office $1,800 Network and Setup $3,500 Total $19,600 Options Consultation $1,500 Tablet $ 600 ea. As a [...]

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The Workflow of a Digital Dental Practice

April 18, 2013

This week’s Dentalcompare article. Workflow changes with the use of digital records. Once a dental practice develops a paperless system of records, charting and scheduling, the office workflow changes significantly. Team members are freed from the drudgery of filing, typing, looking for lost records and doing all the rest of the busywork necessary to keep [...]

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Profitability Coaching

April 10, 2013

From Dentrix: Expert advice. Higher profits. Superior results. Profitability Coaching can turn your Dentrix practice management solution into an even bigger and more effective profitability engine—by helping you strengthen the connections between your Dentrix system and your bottom line. via Dental Software – Dentrix Profitability Coaching. One of the best features of electronic records is [...]

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The ‘Smart Practice’ Solution

April 4, 2013

By Imtiaz Manji: You can always spot the dentists who have truly internalized a modern approach to dentistry. They’re the ones who use technology in an integrated way to help them tell a story. These dentists are able to take their patients on a journey and build bridges from where their patients are to where [...]

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Online Video CE

March 31, 2013

Online Video CE The High Tech Power Practice Five Modules Essentials Paperless Advanced Internet Stuff DentalEDU.tv

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“You’ve got ping, but they’ve got no pong”

March 31, 2013

It’s almost impossible to have fun playing ping pong with someone who doesn’t care, won’t try or isn’t any good via Seth’s Blog.

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The 5 Worst UX Mistakes Websites Make

March 29, 2013

From Mashable: The user experience of websites has improved by leaps and bounds over the years, but there are still sites out there that may leave you asking, “What were they thinking?!” via The 5 Worst UX Mistakes Websites Make. The five mistakes are: 1. Paying Too Much Attention to Macro and Short-Shrifting the Micro [...]

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Paperless Horses or Faster Charts?

March 28, 2013

One of my favorite tech sayings from Seth Godin; A car is not merely a faster horse. Why I like it so much is that it is simple, we can all “get it” instantly at a basic level and yet there is a lot more there than the obvious surface idea. For example, I sometimes [...]

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Tech Matters, Dentalcompare

March 21, 2013

This week on Dentalcompare: You are confronted with these two email addresses: 2thdoc 375@aol.com Dr.Evans@evansfamilydental.com One is professional and technologically aware the other is…old fashioned. It is probably not fair but AOL is thought of as email for old people who don’t know any better. via Emmott On Technology: How A Patient Sees Dental Technology [...]

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Do You Need To Upgrade Your Technology?

March 11, 2013

When income declines, (due to the general economy or whatever,) one of the first places dentists look to cut costs is IT (technology). However a good argument can be made that IT is the last place to cut as good technology properly utilized will save you money. The following five situations indicate you may need [...]

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Help Going Paperless

February 22, 2013

The conversion process from paper to paperless records requires three different types of help or support. Consultant: This person helps develop the plan, choose vendors, establish a budget, set up office systems, assign tasks and follow up over time to trouble shoot and assure completion of the project. Trainer: This person teaches the office staff [...]

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Why We Resist New Technology

February 18, 2013

This link is to my February article in Inscriptions Journal. It is hard to tell someone they are obsolete. Inscriptions—February 2013.

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Why should they care?

January 23, 2013

From Seth Godin Should we read your press release or come to your gallery opening or take a sales meeting because it’s important, or because it’s important to you? Marketing is the art of seeing (and then creating) what might be interesting to more than our friends. via Seth’s Blog.

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Re-activate non responsive patients

January 20, 2013

Action Run is an online e-service that contacts and re-activates non-responsive patients. This is not a new idea, what is new are the tools that ActionRun has developed and applied to this task. Early attempts to use digital technology to re-activate patients simply automated the tasks we had sought to do with paper records. That is [...]

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Dayna’s Dentrix Success Stories

January 18, 2013

DENTRIX TIP OF THE MONTH SCHEDULING: Using the More Info Button in the Select Patient Dialog to View Family Appointment Information What do you train the office to do with this feature? I train offices to use the More Info button to see at a glance if any of a patient’s family members have an [...]

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AOL Email Address Brands You As Technologically Obsolete

January 10, 2013

Found this on a marketing blog: Your email address can brand you as a sports fan, a car buff, an athlete, an alcoholic or someone who’s, let’s say, sexually adventurous. It can brand you by profession, by school, by hobby, or it can brand you as old and inflexible via AOL Email Address Brands You [...]

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