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The following comes directly off the Iomega press release

Reliable data backups are a necessity in all businesses. Yet the most common storage alternatives have limitations as backup devices. Optical drives have weaknesses of reliability, capacity, and speed.  Hard drives are not an archive medium and compared to a REV disk, they have weaknesses of shock and vibration reliability and expandability. Tape drives, which are designed for backup, require regular head cleaning and have weaknesses of drive cost, speed, and reliability. The tapes themselves require periodic tape re-tensioning and careful storage.
Compared to these options, Iomega’s REV products are a uniquely simple and reliable backup technology. Designed to provide the performance of a hard drive with the removability of tape, the REV technology has garnered many industry awards as an ideal tape-replacement solution for SMBs because of its durability, rewritability, reliability, and excellent price-performance.
This is not inexpensive. The Rev drive is $600 and the disks are $70 ea. Look here [1] for details. Iomega has identified health care specifically as an industry that would benefit from the Rev system.

[1] http://www.iomega.com/na/landing.jsp

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Another patient contact service  Cellminder Inc. [1]

CellminderSM is a breakthrough solution that improves communications between health care professionals and patients, optimizes practice revenues while reducing practice costs and enhances the quality of health care services. CellminderSM provides a user-friendly software solution that combines text messaging, outbound phone calls, e-mail and regular mail into one platform that synchronizes seamlessly with many of the most popular practice management systems.
This looks a lot like Smile Reminder [2]. I have been a satisfied user of Smile Reminder for years.

[1] http://www.cellminder.com/index.cm?go=home
[2] http://www.smilereminder.com/

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/>New Features in Patterson EagleSoft Version 13.00 “ Fast CheckIn – This kiosk-style check-in center is designed for patients to enter registration information directly into the system unassisted. The patient registration form includes patient demographics, medical history, HIPAA forms and the ability to view CAESY patient education presentations. Patients can access Fast CheckIn from a desktop computer or Tablet PC. “ IntelliCare – The IntelliCare feature allows practices to create automated alerts for patients matching user-defined criteria. For example, to ensure patient X-rays are up-to-date, users can set parameters that alert them to patients without a current panoramic X-ray on file. IntelliCare message options and settings are limitless.“ Integrated Credit Card Processing – The Credit Card Integration feature accelerates the billing process by offering users the ability to obtain electronic authorizations directly from their workstations.“ Quick Reports – This feature allows users to create customized groupings of commonly used reports. With Quick Reports, batches can be created for accounting reports, patient-based reports, referral report groups and more.“ Live Video Exam in Advanced Imaging – With this feature, practitioners can record live streaming video in Advanced Imaging and save within the corresponding patient record.“ Electronic Attachments – Charts, X-rays and other patient records can be submitted and tracked easily and securely using the Electronic Attachments feature.
All of the above comes directly off the Patterson press release. I went to the web site here [1] and was disappointed to see nothing about the new version in fact it looks like nothing has been updated since February.

[1] http://patterson.eaglesoft.net/index.htm

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  Here area few vital items that should be included in that Initial New Patient Telephone Contact:   Name Referral Source Practice Descriptive Statement Reason For Appointment Home Address All Contact #’s for verification Credit Card Number to Reserve Appointment Non Refundable if no show Packet if Time Web site Address to Fill Out Forms On […]

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1. Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish, and he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day.
2. The journey of a thousand miles begins with a broken fan belt and leaky tire.
3. It’s always darkest before dawn. So if you’re going to steal your neighbor’s newspaper, that’s the time to do it.
4. Don’t be irreplaceable. If you can’t be replaced, you can’t be promoted.
5. Always remember that you’re unique – Just like everyone else.
6. Never test the depth of the water with both feet.
7. If you think nobody cares if you’re alive, try missing a couple of car payments.
8. Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you’re a mile away and you have their shoes.
9. If at first you don’t succeed, skydiving is not for you.

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Look here Dental News Report [1] for a new dental news blog

[1] http://queue.typepad.com/dental_news_report/

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One of the common mistakes dentists make with electronic charting is that they only go part way. For example: They 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 create an estimate, insurance forms and schedule. Then they will go back to the paper chart to enter procedure notes, back to the computer to take a payment, back to paper for a prescription, back to the computer for the next appointment then back to paper to check the x-rays.
What the office ends up with is a mess. Everything is done at least twice, the paper chart is still needed no one is ever sure if something is on paper or in the computer. As a result the computer chart doesn’t save time and money it makes things worse.

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Look here ADA.org: Current Dental Terminology (CDT): Products for Individual Users [1] to order the newest CDT coding information.

CDT 2007–2008 Current Dental Terminology—Spiral Bound Book & CD-ROM—Item no. J927 Member price $44.95 Non-member price $67.45
CDT 2007–2008 Current Dental Terminology—Book in a Binder & CD-ROM—Item no. J928 Member price $49.95 Non-member price $74.95
CDT 2007–2008 Current Dental Terminology—Spiral Bound Book—Item no. J924 Member price $34.95 Non-member price $52.45

OK this is great…but. Why is there no CD only version? Why do I need to get a paper book? (Spiral or Bound) In fact why can’t I just get a download, I shouldn’t even have to get a CD. After all this is just data, there is no reason it can’t be distributed over the Internet.
Get with it ADA, Save a tree!

[1] http://www.ada.org/ada/prod/catalog/cdt/individual.asp

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Florida Probe has just announced a new major version release. The Version 6 release includes the new Risk Assessment Screening tool; new MGJ (mucogingival junction) Mode; ability to enter multiple medical alerts at the same time; new option to print the text summary on the Periodontal Chart; new Keyboard Shortcuts dialog accessed by the right toolbar on the Perio Page; new program startup keyboard shortcut: Ctrl + Alt + F; and Shortcuts for FP32 and Patient Education Movies added to the Desktop.
Look here [1] for all the details.

[1] http://www.floridaprobe.com/htmlmail/newsletter/monthly.htm

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Dear xxxxxxxxx, It has become apparent our dental office is not well suited to meet your dental needs.  To that end, we will be available to see you on an emergency basis only for the next 30 days.  Any visits during that time must be handled on a cash only basis and must be paid […]

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