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December 2009

Happy New Year

December 31, 2009
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Best Office Printers of 2009

December 30, 2009

Another best of year end lsit
Whether you work out of a busy home office or manage a larger business or workgroup, great printers are available to handle the rigors of heavy use
via Best Office Printers – Reviews by PC Magazine.

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Wishful Thinking

December 29, 2009

The article linked below has some stats showing that more claims are denied by Medicare than private insurers. Which relates to the bit quoted below. As much as I revile insurance companies and see gross problems and inequities in the current health care  system I do not see any evidence that taking medicine from a free [...]

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The Best Tech Products of 2009 – Reviews by PC Magazine

December 29, 2009

It may not have been a year of revolutionary change in the tech world, but 2009 certainly offered up plenty of innovation in both design and performance.
via The Best Tech Products of 2009 – Reviews by PC Magazine.

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2009 Technology Gadget Year in Review

December 28, 2009

7 Top Technology Trends That Ruled 2009
via 2009 Technology Gadget Year in Review – 7 Top Tech Trends from 2009 – Popular Mechanics.

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Are you Hiring? Or Recruiting?

December 28, 2009

More wisdom from Seth Godin. Follow the link for the rest of the thought. Of course this idea has been emphasized for years by the best dental consultants. Don’t hire  a body  just to get a job done but find the right person to enhance the practice and the team.
Hiring is what you do when you [...]

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Error Messages

December 28, 2009

* BREAKFAST.SYS halted… Cereal port not responding.
* Bad command or file name! Go stand in the corner.
* Bad or missing mouse. Spank the cat? (Y/N)
* COFFEE.SYS missing… Insert cup in cup holder and press any key.
* Enter any 11-digit prime number to continue.
* Error reading FAT record. Try SKINNY one? (Y/N)
* File not found. Should [...]

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Best Products, Services, and Technologies of the Decade

December 28, 2009

This link isn’t a year end review but a decade in review. The number one best product of the last ten years…Google.  I agree it has totaly changed how I use the Internet and almost everything else about my use of information. The article starts with a very interesting look at life in 1999. here are a [...]

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Defining Resolution

December 28, 2009

Line Pairs per Millimeter (lp/mm). This is a measure of resolution, which refers to pairs of lines pressed tighter and tighter together until they eventually merge into a single line. The more lines that can be pressed into a millimeter and still be seen as individual lines, the higher the resolution. Digital radiography sensors can [...]

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Multimedia Treatment Room Workstations

December 24, 2009

Computers in the treatment rooms have gone from simple data entry business machines to multimedia patient education and communication stations. For example, in addition to Practice Management software a treatment room computer could have digital radiographs, patient education, digital image management, multiple monitors, sound and speakers, multiple inputs, computerized probes, voice charting, touch screen, video [...]

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Interoperability vs. Proprietary

December 24, 2009

Interoperability:  The ability of software and hardware on different machines from different vendors to share data.
Proprietary:  Privately owned and controlled. A proprietary design or technique is one that is owned by a company. It also implies that the company has not divulged specifications that would allow other companies to duplicate the product.

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Window’s Hidden Settings

December 24, 2009
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Healthcare Reform Update from ADA

December 23, 2009

The following is from Ron Tankersley, DDS President of the ADA
Dear Colleagues:
I wanted to give you a quick update on where things stand on health care reform in the U.S. Senate.
In addition, I want to highlight some issues in health care reform legislation that we need you to contact your lawmakers about over the holidays. [...]

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Break the Desktop

December 23, 2009

This concept seems obvious today but it hasn’t always been obvious and some people still need a little help with the concept. In most cases the computer of choice for the dental treatment room is a desktop style. Desktop computers have three major components; a monitor, inputs (keyboard and mouse) and a box or tower. [...]

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DICOM

December 23, 2009

DICOM stands for Digital Image Communication in Medicine. It is an international standard for digital radiography that covers everything from hospital CAT Scans to dental periapicals. It is the DICOM standard that assures the reliable transfer of images from one system to another.
The DICOM standard also calls for the transfer of essential data along with [...]

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Will ORNL hook up Jaguar and Kraken?

December 23, 2009

This idea just makes my inner nerd shiver with glee.
There they sit, side by side, in the downstairs portion of ORNL’s National Center for Computational Sciences, two of the three fastest computers in the world. Jaguar is No. 1 and Kraken No. 3 on the recently released Top500 list.
Both are Cray XT5 systems, virtually identical except [...]

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AI in Dental Diagnosis

December 22, 2009

Artificial Intelligence  seems like something you’d expect to find in a science fiction movie. However actual Artificial Intelligence or AI does not mean creating a synthetic human brain. Actual AI applications are common, and consist of simply using machines to automate tasks requiring intelligent behavior. Examples include control, scheduling, the ability to answer diagnostic or [...]

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Obamacare Full of Budget Gimmicks

December 22, 2009

…the President’s most ardent supporters are trying to explain to each other why the benefits of the bill do not start until 2014, they are openly admitting that Obama’s deficit busting claims are complete fiction:
The Washington Post’s Ezra Klein: “The delay is a budget trick, an attempt to lower the 10-year cost of the bill [...]

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Six Keys to Computer Placement

December 22, 2009

If it is going to be used effectively (or at all) technology must be placed well, convenient to use and it must enhance the dental process. If it doesn’t meet these criteria it doesn’t get used. When deciding where to put computers in the dental treatment rooms there are six key factors to consider. If [...]

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Paper to Paperless

December 22, 2009

I believe 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 which icon [...]

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