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Practice Management Software: Denticon(
Minimum System Requirements (
Component Requirement
Processor Intel Pentium IV 3.2Ghz or above
Memory 1024 MB of RAM or above
Hard drive 40GB
Display SVGA (1024 × 768)
Operating System
Microsoft Windows® 2000 with SP4, Microsoft Windows® XP SP3, Microsoft Windows® Vista or Microsoft Windows® 7
Internet Connection 768Kbps
Browser Internet Explorer 6 SP2 or above
Other Adobe Acrobat Reader7 or above
Recommended System Requirements for Better Performance
Component Requirement
Processor Any current AMD or Pentium Processor
Memory 2048 MB of RAM or above
Hard drive 80GB
Display SVGA (1024 × 768) or above
Operating System
Microsoft Windows® 2000 with SP4, Microsoft Windows® XP SP3, Microsoft Windows® Vista or Microsoft Windows® 7
Internet Connection 1Mbps or above
Browser Internet Explorer 8
Other Adobe Acrobat Reader 9
Practice Management Software: Denticon->Demonstration Videos
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The above link is the resource page for numerous video demonstrations and associated links to specific tasks related to using Denticon.
Product Features(
Denticon is a powerful, web-based dental practice management software application, which can be configured to the needs of any type of dental practice. Sometimes known as web-based or ASP dental practice management software, Denticon's use of internet technology opens the door to 21st century tools and services that are unavailable with traditional dental practice management software. Explore and see how Denticon, and otherdental softwarefrom Planet DDS, will fit your individual situation.
Short list:
Scheduling
Clinical
Financial
Premium Features
Short list with expansions:
Scheduling:
Patient Alerts and Preferences
Alerts the user to medical concerns when capturing an existing appointment or when making a new appointment.
Patient preferences considered and stored.
Maintains appointment types database that tracks time used, intervals between appointments, expected revenue, preferences, etc.
Database also contains patient contact information
Alerts for financial and scheduling history concerns. (Both of these items tracked separately, but pop up when scheduling.)
Production Planning and Projections
Tracks lost production and unscheduled treatment from broken appointments.
Generates future production reports.
Maintains appointment types; database that tracks amount of time, intervals between appointments, expected revenue, & appointment restrictions.
Track failed/canceled appointments, by provider/patient. System also: counts absences, and maintains an audit trail of modified appointments.
Recall and Recare Appointment Scheduling
Default appointment types such as six month recall.
Appointment card or letter printing.
Recall/Recare mechanisms of tracking and reporting for follow up and continuing care.
Reactivation tracking and reporting for inactive patients in recall or recare. Active or inactive status determined by client.
Recall interval can be entered/modified
Lists patients (with phone #) due for recall by user-specified time period, provider or providers, or delinquency of account.
Records notes from phone contacts, or attempts to contact .
Reminders, confirmation letters and/or cards, or phone call lists automatically printed at a client-defined time prior to recall.
Prompts to place the patient on recall at the treatment planning screen, when treatment is completed, or at current appointment.
Allows multiple recalls for discipline specific purposes (e.g., preventive, endo, prosth)
Multiple types of recalls - e.g., three month perio check, six month denture check (patient defined).
Schedule Management Features
Generates schedules for individual provider(s), for groups of providers, or for an entire clinic (as determined by user).
Alerts the user to medical concerns when capturing existing appointment or when making new appointment.
Alerts for financial and scheduling history concerns (Both items are tracked separately, but pop-up when scheduling).
Direct interface of schedule from treatment plan.
Patient financial requirements noted on scheduler viewing.
System tracks: date lab work is sent/due/returned, all overdue cases, all items sent to lab (e.g., articulators).
Identifies patients who have payments due that day.
Searching and Tracking Scheduling Data
Manual or computer search for length of time needed by provider.
Appointment searching for specific requests such as Saturday AM Only.
Searching protocols such as block scheduling, pattern scheduling, percentage based scheduling.
Patient listing for confirmation of appointments (with comments on financial information if applicable).
Broken, failed, or canceled tracking and reporting.
Override and create double booking.
Generates a new patient record from a new patient appointment.
Maintains an audit trail of modified appointments.
Tracks lost production and unscheduled treatment from broken appointments.
System tracks: date lab work is sent/due/returned, all overdue cases, and all items sent to lab (e.g., articulators).
Clinical:
Clinical Record Features
Allergy and medical health alerts
Allows recording of all ADA approved descriptive and treatment codes
Allows recording of anatomic site
Audit trail of modifications made to the record, by whom and when
Comprehensive display of treatment planned and completed
Date stamps placed on all treatments, diagnoses, and conditions noted
Historical comparisons of clinical observations (e.g., changes in periodontal data over a two year period)
System has a prescription log
System has a prescription writer
System has a sedation log
Stores altered images with time/date stamp and markings denoting them as altered images
Patient Health History
A health history interview is provided as part of patient health history
System allows the dentist to confirm any responses which may affect dental treatment
System allows the dentist or specialist to customize the questions
Allow free form input of notes upon the affirmative or unknown response
Dentist can comment on information presented
Prior health history responses are retained
Confirmed medication information is recorded in the clinical record
Patient health history can be entered by patient
Patient identification information is shared among modules
Specific allergic reactions can be noted e.g. anaphylactic shock, hives or upset stomach
Patient Information Security Features
Altered information storage with time/date stamp and marked as altered information
Complies with all applicable laws and security regulations
Complies with all applicable laws and security regulations
Provide hierarchical protection of patient information to limit access
Treatment Information Features
Consent to treatment forms
Home care instructions
Medication orders and instructions
Patient education materials
Post-operative instructions
Post-sedation instructions
Treatment Planning Features
Provides comprehensive display of treatment completed and planned.
Treatment plans can be constructed in phases.
Permits onscreen treatment planning - virtual charting.
Tracks procedures performed and pending.
Treatment plan broken down by visit with financial requirements, time spreads, & notes on a report for the patient.
Multiple treatment plans can be stored and generated for one patient.
Can identify and retain deleted and/or changed treatment plan items.
Printed treatment plans indicate date, time, and user printing the treatment plan.
Dentist can utilize a "status" to be applied to any treatment plan or its items.
Treatment plans can be sorted and reordered as needed.
Can print incomplete treatment plans by: provider, procedure or user defined criteria.
Can transmit treatment plans electronically to third party carriers for pre-determinations.
Can automatically calculate insurance benefits and patient financial liability when entering procedures on a treatment plan.
Explanatory notes can be stored with individual treatment plan items.
Treatment plans can be stored and billed as work is actually completed.
Financial:
Collections Management
Aging by the date of service on request
Aging dates reflect current (under 30 days), 30-60 days, 61-90 days, 91-120 days, over 120 days
Ability to charge interest on a finance fee
Production and collection tracking for multiple providers
Separate and combined aging by provider, insurance company, contracts, etc.
Open item accounting for insurance billing and tracking
Multiple cycles for billing statements (for example, aging date, alphanumeric by name, etc)
Automatic generation of a fee upon entry of a procedure code
Insurance Information Management
Generates a routing slip providing all basic patient information plus user-defined data
Inclusion of "c/o" and other such forwarding and routing information
Multiple telephone fields for a cell phone, fax or e-mail address
Ability to transfer old balances to another responsible party
Ability to bill insurance under the providers name (not the patients regular doctor's name)
Statements reflect estimated insurance benefit and patient balance; PPO, HMO coverage, processing and eligibility handling
Dunning statements generated for billing
Day sheet generation for balancing the deposits and viewing billings for the day
Patient demographic tracking and reporting
Patient Billing Information
Generates a routing slip providing all basic patient information plus user-defined data
Inclusion of "c/o" and other such forwarding and routing information
Multiple telephone fields for a cell phone, fax or e-mail address
Ability to transfer old balances to another responsible party
Ability to bill insurance under the providers name (not the patients regular doctor's name)
Statements reflect estimated insurance benefit and patient balance; PPO, HMO coverage, processing and eligibility handling
Dunning statements generated for billing
Day sheet generation for balancing the deposits and viewing billings for the day
Patient demographic tracking and reporting
Patient Billing Statements
Statements reflect estimated insurance benefit and patient balance; PPO, HMO coverage, processing and eligibility handling
Personalized statement messages for individuals
Does not show posting errors on statements
Financial arrangements on statements
Statements printed on request for single patient
Print statements in user defined order
"Thank you for your payment" or similar message on statement when patient makes a payment
Patient Walk-Out Statements
Account balance broken down by: previous balance, today's treatment and fees, 3rd party coverage information
Deductible and/or co-payment owed; remaining coverage; expected payment from 3rd party
Next appointment; recall information
Tooth number and surfaces, if applicable;
Today's payment and date
Statements printed on request for single patient
Immediately displays walk-out statement (i.e., what is owed by patient and insurance)
Personalized statement messages for individuals
Financial arrangements on statements
"Thank you for your payment" or similar message printed on statement when a patient makes a payment
Posting Payments and Fund Transfers
Does not show posting errors on statements
Payment tracked by ADA procedure code
Enters transactions by different providers on the same screen
Historical reporting of transactions by user defined date parameters
Posting charges from the appointment book (if present)
Production Analysis
Transaction breakdowns which track: charges, payments, adjustments, discounts, refunds, writeoffs, finance charges
Report showing Collection / Production ratio
Production reports indicate patients seen, production, collection, HMO/PPO/capitation income vs. office fee for similar service
Production and Collection comparisons to previous periods
Reporting and Financial Analysis
Referral report showing referred, treatment planned, treatment performed, fees and collections
Quantifies the number of active patients using a practice-defined description of active patient
Missed payment report
Historical reporting of transactions by user defined date parameters
Tracking
Track financial arrangements, payment plans, coupons, and contracts
Print capabilities for financial agreements and truth in lending forms
Financial promise tickler file
Payment plans, financial plans with and without interest
Separate deposit slips possible by doctor, cash, check, charge, and EFT
Goals comparison in scheduling, production, new patients, etc.
User defined filtering and sorting of financial reports
Accounts receivable summary reports (patient and carrier) sorted by procedure codes w/aging (current, 30, 60, 90 days)
PREMIUM FEATURES:
Online Patient Registration(
Patient Portal (
Charting (
Dentiray Image Management (
Support - Online (
Support - Premium (
Time Clock
Document Scanning
Image Management: Dentiray(
Minimum System Requirements (
Component Requirement
Computer and Processor Personal computer with an Intel Pentium IV 3.2Ghz or faster processor
Memory 1024 MB of RAM or higher
Hard drive 40GB ATA or Serial ATA
Video Card Super VGA (1024 × 768)
Display Super VGA (1024 × 768) or higher-resolution monitor
Operating System
Microsoft Windows® 2000 with Service Pack 4 (SP4), Microsoft Windows® XP SP2 or Microsoft Windows Vista
Optical Drive CD-Rom
Network 10/100 Mbps
USB port USB ports
Internet Connection Business DSL 768Kbps or higher
Other Microsoft .NET Framework 1.4
Internet Explorer 6 SP2 or higher
Adobe Acrobat Reader, Macromedia Flash Player
Recommended System Requirements for Better Performance
Component Requirement
Computer and Processor Personal computer with an Intel Pentium IV 3.2 GHz or faster processor (Pentium IV, Mobile Centrino, Dual Core or Higher)
Memory 2048 MB of RAM or higher
Hard drive 80GB ATA or Serial ATA
Video Card Super VGA (1024 × 768) with 128MB or higher
Display Super VGA (1024 × 768) or higher-resolution monitor
Operating System
Microsoft Windows® 2000 with Service Pack 4 (SP4), Microsoft Windows® XP SP2 or Microsoft Windows Vista
Optical Drive CD-Rom/DVD
Network 10/100/1000 Mbps
USB port 2 Powered USB 2.0 ports or Powered USB 2.0 Hub
Internet Connection Cable, T1, 1Mbps or higher
Other Microsoft .NET Framework 1.4
Internet Explorer 6 SP2 or higher
Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.0, Macromedia Flash Player
Product Features: (
Dentiray is a simple to use, web-based digital image management software application, which can be configured to the needs of any type of dental practice. Sometimes known as on-demand or ASP dental software, Dentiray's use of internet technology opens the door to 21st century tools and services that are unavailable with traditional dental image management software. Explore and see how Dentiray will fit your individual situation.
As Simple as Take, View, Print and Save
Have You Been Waiting for A Simple Solution?
■Take - Capture digital X-rays with just one click
■Look - Immediately see your X-ray on screen - Anywhere, Anytime
■Print - Send your images to any printer
■Save - Automatically save your images in a secure facility. No chance of lost images
Dentiray is:
■Easy to learn and even more simple to use
■Requires no on-site training
■Supported by a team of dental professionals
Take, View, Print, Save and Share
Dentiray is as simple as a point and click camera.
Just like using film… except it’s digital.
■Take an x-ray: place the sensor in the mouth and snap a picture
■View the result: develop the x-ray digitally – no messy chemicals, no wasted time!
■Print it: for other dentists, insurance companies – no duplication, no scanning needed
■Save: your x-rays automatically!
■And Share your x-rays securely with specialists and insurance companies online in real time.
Paperless Office: Denticon, Dentiray, Dentigram(
Planet DDS gives you the tools to eliminate the need for patient charts.
The cost of chart creation – folders, paper, forms, labels, alerts – and chart storage alone make the paperless office attractive. But, imagine the value of having a chart available to you anytime you need it, from wherever you are.
No more lost or misplaced charts. No more scrambling to find a chart when the patient is waiting.
Best of all, with Planet DDS services, your data is totally safe and secure – no worries that a computer crash, fire, flood, or other natural disaster will destroyer your patient charts or data.