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February 16, 2017 Feature Cloud computingComputer softwareDental Hygiene

Top 3 Reasons for Choosing Cloud-based Dental Software

by Feda Bashbishi

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…

September 12, 2013 News Cloud computingElectronic Health RecordsEncryption

Seven Deadly Sins

by lorne

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…

July 6, 2012 News Cloud computingData storageElectronic Health RecordsEncryptionNew Technologies

Up in the Cloud

by lorne

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…

March 24, 2012 News ClinicalCloud computingTreatment planningTrends in Dental EducationTrends in DentistryWomen in dentistry

The Relationship School – the future of virtual faculty, real time hands-on training

by ken

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…

March 22, 2012 News APPsClinicalCloud computingCommunity outreachConnectivityDental conventionsManagementMarketing strategiesNew productsSearch engineSocial mediaSocial NetworkingSocial networkingTradeshows

Canada Still Leads the World in Online Engagement, Report Suggests

by ken

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…

December 24, 2011 News APPsCloud computingComputer softwareData storageElearningElectronic Health RecordsEncryption

Visual communications solutions

by ken

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…

December 16, 2011 News APPsBlogsCloud computingContinuing EducationDental AssociationsDental conventionsDental equipmentDental industryDental LaboratoriesTradeshowsTrends in Dental Education

You’ll never walk alone, Bridge over troubled water, Two of us

by ken

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…

November 13, 2011 News Cloud computingDental TeamDigital radiographyElearningElectronic Health RecordsEncryption

Dentists ready for eHealth surgery

by ken

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…

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There is a god; we made the New York Times Sunday Review

by ken

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…

November 2, 2011 News CAD/CAMCloud computingNew TechnologiesPhotographyTechnology

Web-based service offers secure image and data sharing – CANADIAN YOU KNOW!

by ken

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…

October 22, 2011 News Cloud computingConnectivityElearningElectronic Health RecordsGovernment regulations

New Gmail Design – read carefully, the word spot is not in the title

by ken

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…

September 8, 2011 News Cloud computingPediatric dentistry

American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry Offers Oral Health Video Geared Toward Parents and Caregiver

by ken

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…

August 26, 2011 News Cloud computingComprehensive reasoningComputer softwareContinuing EducationElearningNew Technologies

In honour of Steve Jobs

by ken

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…

August 10, 2011 News Cloud computing

Is it time for the cloud to come to your practice?

by ken

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.…

August 5, 2011 News APPsCloud computing

Cloud or server to store your images?

by ken

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,…

July 30, 2011 News APPsCloud computingElearningElectronic Health Records

Follow the bouncing cursor

by ken

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…

July 28, 2011 News Cloud computingElearningSocial mediaSocial networkingTechnology

Consult Pro – moving on up into the CLOUD

by ken

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…

July 23, 2011 News Cloud computing

Adieu DVD – Welcome to Cumulus, Stratus, Cirrus,Cumulonimbus

by ken

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July 1, 2011 News APPsChronic dental care for the elderlyCloud computingCommunity outreachComputer softwareData storageDental ethicsElectronic Health RecordsSocial networkingTechnologyTrends in Dentistry

Connected health isn’t about the devices – it must align people and providers

by ken

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…

May 26, 2011 News Cloud computing

HP finishes Paul McCartney’s private digital library

by ken

What does this have to do with the future of dentistry and how your office functions????EVERYTHING!!! With the increasing digitization of records as offices go paperless, as they store cbCT images, the increasing creation of clinical images for case documentation,…