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dental practice management

Data Mining

January 9, 2012

Data mining is the act of looking for useful relationships in out general business data that can be used to better manage our practice or serve our patients. My article in Dentalcompare “No More Management by Guesswork” looks at how data mining can work using an online e-service, Action Run.

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Sure, but what’s the hard part?

December 21, 2011

Seth Godin makes the point that in any job the hard part is the part we don’t want or like to do more so than it is the part that takes the most pure effort, skill or time.
In my experience many dentists enjoy the clinical aspects of dentistry; the skill of using our hands, the precision and attention [...]

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The Ten Best Time Management Techniques

September 20, 2011

Time Blocking: Set an appointment with yourself for necessary activities at the same time or day each week.
To Do List: With priority ranking
Telephone Call List: With priority ranking.
Daily Activities List: For important tasks you have to do on a regular perhaps daily basis.
Tickler File: A reminder to make important follow ups.
Procrastination Place: It is not [...]

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Basic Paperless Records Questions

September 14, 2011

Lorne Lavine has worked with over 1800 dental practices helping them choose and set up good technology systems. Here are five questions he suggests you ask your Practice Management Software Provider.

What training options are available for the software?
How do you handle data conversions?
What are your support hours and how many support people work for you?
How [...]

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Data Safety Top Ten

July 26, 2011

What a nice surprise. I just saw online that an article I wrote back in 2004 on online back up and data safety is listed in the top ten articles in that subject area. My article here . The article is eight years old which is an eon or so in digital time. Never the less [...]

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Integration vs. Bridging

June 21, 2011

All the patient information: chart notes, radiographs, probings, correspondence, photographs and all the rest should be linked to the patient chart. This can be accomplished in two ways; integration or bridging.
Integration: If the data and radiographs are integrated as part of the digital patient record that usually means that the radiographic application is made by [...]

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e-Service, Eligibility

June 10, 2011

I find that the majority of dentists under utilize e-services. For the most part I believe this is simply because they are not aware of the service and how easy it is to use. As a general rule an e-service is online, uses digital information and is automatic. That is once you set up the service [...]

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Dentrix Business of Dentistry

June 6, 2011

I will be presenting on integrated e-services.

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Technology on the Rocks June 2-4, 2011

May 24, 2011

Three Days of High Tech CE
Day 1: Going Paperless
Day 2: Internet Web Pages and Scoial Media
Day 3: Advanced New Technology

More Information and Registration

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Webinar “Going Paperless”

April 12, 2011

I will be presenting a webinar sponsored by Sesame Communications next Wednesday April 13 at 9:00 am PDT (West Coast time). Follow the link below for details and to sign up. (Bumped)
Webinars | Sesame Communications.

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Compared to Perfect

April 5, 2011

Another interesting observation from Seth Godin linked below. Godin’s observation is that we value information and entertainment (content) differently than we do say shoes or hotels. We value shoes in comparison to other shoes and the price of the options in dollars. We value content in comparison to perfection.
I believe we could make a similar case for how [...]

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Practice Activator

February 12, 2011

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Need a Technoshrink?

July 29, 2010

From Guerrilla Marketing: Future success requires that you be technocozy; If you are not your technophobia is holding back your dental practice. If you suffer from that affliction, make an appointment with your technoshrink immediately. Technophobia is fatal these days.
Technoshrink appointmenst here

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Practice Activator

June 23, 2010

Another online service. This one grabs your patient data and re-activates non responsive or idle patients.
Of course this or any other online service only works with digital data. That is you need to be charting, and treatment planning with the computer. Not to mention scheduling and re-call. If the computer does not have a treatment plan [...]

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Leap of Vision in Dental Practice Management

June 7, 2010

Often, in the past, many dentists have viewed technology as an endless and unwanted expense that often causes more trouble than it’s worth. However if dentists start looking at their technology as not just a local machine but as a component in the big picture; then computer technology and information integration makes more sense. The computer [...]

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Who Owns the Data?

May 11, 2010

Hmmm, does that mean a dentist is in violation if he/she uses the video camera to record a patient testimonial and puts it on a dental practice website?
…something very important, that the vast majority of both consumers and video professionals don’t know: ALL modern video cameras and camcorders that shoot in h.264 or mpeg2, come with [...]

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Kiosk Check In for Dental Practice Management

March 9, 2010

One of the most unappealing yet universal dental practice management techniques is the sign in sheet. Virtually every management consultant advises offices not to use a sign in sheet and yet we still find them all the time.
Of course the reason offices use them is they do in fact serve a purpose. On the other [...]

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