In the past few years, the cloud-based dental software was introduced to the dental industry. Many articles and blogs were written to explain this new technology and why dental professionals should consider it for their business. However, most of those articles and blogs were too complex to understand or too vague. This article is written … Read more
Seven Deadly Sins? Many offices are now moving towards a chartless or even paperless environment. Practice management data, images, accounting data, documents, almost all of the critical data for the office is in an electronic format. The challenge for many practices is to make sure they properly secure and protect this critical data. New … Read more
As anyone who has to use technology daily knows (and that applies to everyone reading this article!), technology is a quickly moving target. Technologies that seemed so fresh and new just a few short years ago now seem passé and outdated as newer technologies are emerging. One technology that has emerged recently, which is likely … Read more
First you need to read this! Double clickez-vous – what would I do without David Brooks? I’ve been privileged to learn online since the late 90’s. The focus was on my particular specialty, but it morphed into all areas of dentistry and most recently, into implants. The abundance of platforms on the Internet continues to … Read more
Posted by Knowlton Thomas on Fri, March 2, 2012 – in Tech Vibes Canada continues to lead the world in online enagement, according to new data from comScore. The 2012 Canada Digital Future in Focus report reveals that web users spend an average of 45 hours online per month. The study also found that, while Facebook is … Read more
Not sure why, but I tend to avoid banner ads……mistake in this case – http://www.servdentist.com/products_overview.en.html Banner at the top of the OHJ website – reviewed on the fly, but once the site came up – WOW!!! We are blessed here in Canada – CONSULT PRO is rocking worlds with it’s multi-platform educational material particularly since … Read more
What did Rodgers and Hammerstein, Paul Simon and Lennon and McCartney know that dentistry is just learning to appreciate; that social networking can work wonders if you extrapolate with Bayesian objectivity. “You and I have memories/longer than road that stretches out ahead”, applies to relationships, not learning. Blended learning describes an algorithm that combines different … Read more
Please read this very carefully – I’ve been encouraging the folks on the committee to mandate encryption of records and communication in Ontario to step out from behind the curtain with no real luck. Again, read VERY carefully and note who the responsibility falls to to ensure success of encryption. Dental is one of the … Read more
IT’S become commonplace to criticize the “Occupy” movement for failing to offer an alternative vision. But the thousands of activists in the streets of New York and London aren’t the only ones lacking perspective: economists, to whom we might expect to turn for such vision, have long since given up thinking in terms of economic … Read more
From Dr. Bicuspid – KathyKincaide, Editor in Chief November 1, 2011 — “Brightsquid” may not sound like the name of an imaging company, but this young Canadian technology firm is bringing its Web-based image and data sharing service to dentistry to facilitate online communication among dentists, dental labs, and patients by centralizing information relevant to … Read more
There is simply no longer an excuse for any dental practice in Canada not to be online and connected to receive email. You may not feel the need to be involved with Google + and the social networking aspect, but the need for connectivity is without exception an integral component of dental practice………gmail may not … Read more
Press release from Dental Town Chicago – September 7th, 2011 – The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD), the recognized leader in children‘s oral health, announced today the availability of an educational DVD for parents and caregivers that emphasizes the importance of oral health. http://www.towniecentral.com/Dentaltown/PressReleases.aspx?action=DETAILS&rid=6978 Related articles Raising Awareness for Children’s Dental Health Month (prweb.com) … Read more
As dentists, we tend to be linear and procedural. While we do micromanage, the visionary component of our practice is far too often left to management gurus who simply by nature have to sell a generic message. Fortunately, our generation has had a visionary who sees trends long before they happen and whose single mindedness … Read more
From Dental Economics by Martin Jablow Dental technology continues to move forward. Slow speed belt driven handpieces have given way to precision electric handpieces. Impressions can now be taken with a camera. We are replacing a scalpel with a laser. The time is here to considering moving from the traditional dental practice management client/server arrangement … Read more
The next few years are going to see a radical paradigm shift in store, especially as 3D images exponentiate in the dental world. As always, you predict trends by watching how the mainstream is adapting….whether it says dental or not, a business model is a business model and a societal shift is a societal shift. … Read more
News on the street is that iTunes 11 is to get a radical overhaul that will include, wait for it, iCloud integration. A slicker cleaner interface compared to previous versions and “word” on the street is that iCloud will be acting as a backup for all data. Once again, Apple is leading the way for … Read more
Consult Pro keeps iterating. The one feature that in my opinion makes all of these educational companies important and relevant is the ability to send the material to the patient for review at home by email….CONNECTIVITY MES ENFANTS – it’s the key to everything. Related articles Set up your Own Cloud (mustufarahi.wordpress.com) A Super Thin … Read more
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This blog entry is about medical issues, but it can readily be extrapolated to our client base and dental insurers. I am no actuary, but I’ll make book that dental benefits in this economy with contract renewals for unions and non-union shops et al are a major issue. So read on you two followers, stalwarts … Read more
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