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Paperless dental records

Who Knows What ?

May 16, 2013

This week on Dental Compare: There are six different primary functions found in Practice Management Software. Everybody does not need to know everything but everybody does need to know something. Every dental team member does not need to be a mouse master with intimate knowledge of every click and cranny of the software. However every [...]

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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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The File Room of 2023

April 26, 2013

Today: The dentist has a room filled with charts, radiographs, correspondence, EOBs and all the other records along with endless little white boxes filled with plaster models. Finding the models and records for a case done six years ago requires an exploratory party and soon bears a striking resemblance to a wilderness expedition. But make no mistake about [...]

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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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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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Paperless Process

March 29, 2013

From Dayna Johnson: One of the biggest complaints I hear from clinicians is, “I don’t have time to enter all that stuff in the computer and I am not going to stay late.” My response is, “I don’t want you to stay late. You have a family to get home to and that is why [...]

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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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Paperless Records Tip

March 20, 2013

Insurance CDT codes are set up by procedure and are designed primarily to track fees. However, in real life in the dental office we work on appointments not just codes. Many procedures require multiple appointments to complete. For example a traditional crown (not CAD CAM) includes a preparation and then a delivery. A denture requires impressions [...]

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It Could be Millions

March 6, 2013

In dentistry for most of us “going paperless” will not save millions but it will save tens of thousands. More Information.

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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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Mining Electronic Records for Revealing Health Data

January 23, 2013

(HT Titus Schleyer) From the NYT. …the report neglected one powerful incentive for the switch to electronic records: the resulting databases of clinical information are gold mines for medical research. The monitoring and analysis of electronic medical records, some scientists say, have the potential to make every patient a participant in a vast, ongoing clinical [...]

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Sending Dental Patients to a Specialist Without Sending Paper

January 17, 2013

Dentalcompare article: The final step in the truly paperless office will not be some device in the office. It will be more creative use of the Internet. via Emmott On Technology: Sending Dental Patients to a Specialist Without Sending Paper | Dentalcompare.com.

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It Could be Millions

November 19, 2012

We have the same issues in our dental offices. The cost of the paper we produce is hidden in the cost of doing business and we have no idea how much it actually costs. In the dental office it isn’t millions but it is tens of thousands. The EOT Tech guide on going paperless has [...]

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The Three Phases of Online Forms

October 5, 2012

New article up at Dental Compare: The most primitive step is to simply create a digital version of the paper form. The most common form of digital paper is a PDF. The dental office then puts the PDF version of the form on the practice Web page, and patients can download and print the form, [...]

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Medicare Billing Rises at Hospitals With Electronic Records

September 27, 2012

A classic example of unintended consequences. The New York Times article linked below starts by stating that electronic health records were expected to lower the cost of healthcare… But, in reality, the move to electronic health records may be contributing to billions of dollars in higher costs for Medicare, private insurers and patients by making [...]

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“Paperless” Mistake

August 29, 2012

One of the common mistakes dentists make with electronic charting is that they only go part way. For example: The office may 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 [...]

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Electronic Rx through Dentrix

July 28, 2012

Dr. Bill Busch To me this is the most anticapated feature in a awhile. E-prescriptions will be here hopefully before years end. Just think about it. You never have to take your gloves off and sign a prescription while your working. You just turn to your treatment room pc and with a couple of mouse [...]

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How to integrate dental digital imaging with your paperless workflow

June 25, 2012

Follow the link to my most recent DPR article: At the basic level you need to realize the terms “paperless” and “digital” are interchangeable. A paperless chart is a digital chart and a digital radiograph is a paperless radiograph. It is not possible to have paperless records unless you have paperless diagnostics such as digital [...]

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Ease of Use = Ease of Abuse

June 7, 2012

The Dr. Bicuspid article linked below makes a point I have often written about (here and here) The unfortunate truth is that the qualities of digital technology, speed and ease of use, that make it so powerful when creating dental records are the same qualities that make it easy for thieves and hackers to exploit. [...]

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