Carestream Dental Announces CS Solutions for CAD/CAM Restorations Now Available for Sale
New Product Line Makes Single-Appointment Restorations PossibleNEW ORLEANS – Carestream Dental today announced that its new product line for CAD/CAM restorations, CS Solutions, is now available for sale. The announcement was made at the 2013 American Dental Association Annual Session, being held through Sunday, Nov. 3, at the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center.CS Solutions gives practitioners the ability to scan, design, mill and place a restoration within their practice in just one appointment. The product portfolio consists of an intraoral scanner, CBCT impression scanning system, restoration...
Source: Dental Technology Blog - November 11, 2013 Category: Dentists Source Type: blogs
"Engaging Excellence" while Engaging Secret Paychecks - The Rise and Fall of the Upstate Medical University President
Yet another leader of a big health care organization seems to have acquired the excessively entitled CEO syndrome.Another Brilliant, Fearless Leader When Dr David R Smith was appointed President of Upstate Medical University, a part of the State University of New York (SUNY) system located in Syracuse, he got the usual rave reviews from the school's board of trustees, according to a university press release: 'David Smith rose to national prominence through his leadership ability, experience in children’s medicine, public health policy, and as the chancellor of the Texas Tech University system. We are very pleased to hav...
Source: Health Care Renewal - November 8, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Tags: conflicts of interest executive compensation public relations SUNY Upstate Medical University Source Type: blogs
CPOE that’s easy to use? KLAS gives PatientKeeper top marks (transcript)
This is the transcript of my recent podcast with PatientKeeper CEO Paul Brient.
David E. Williams: This is David Williams from the Health Business Group. I’m speaking today with Paul Brient, CEO of PatientKeeper.
Paul, nice to be with you today.
Paul Brient: It’s good to be with you, David.
Williams: Paul, I saw a new report out by KLAS that gives a PatientKeeper product a very high rating. Tell me what that’s about.
Brient: KLAS contacted us earlier this year. They have a series of reports looking at ground-breaking technology and had heard about our new CPOE product, which takes a very different appro...
Source: Health Business Blog - November 5, 2013 Category: Health Managers Authors: dewe67 Tags: Hospitals Podcast Technology Source Type: blogs
ZocDoc releases results of its first annual digital doctor survey, benchmarking technology trends in healthcare
ZocDoc, a service that helps patients receive faster access to care and optimizes doctors' schedules, has published the results of its first annual Digital Doctor Survey. This survey will keep a pulse on how physicians engage with various technologies year over year. The 2013 survey explored the use of online reviews, practice management technology, and social media among a sample of ZocDoc's network of healthcare providers which included primary care doctors, dentists, obstetricians and gynecologists, dermatologists, podiatrists, dietitians, cardiologists, and more.Online ReviewsResearch suggests that online review...
Source: Dental Technology Blog - November 2, 2013 Category: Dentists Source Type: blogs
Curve Dental Introduces Curve Connex: New Patient Portal and Appointment Reminder Capabilities
Curve Dental customers now able to provide their patients with convenient online payment capabilities while reducing no-show’s with automated appointment reminders OREM, UT—Today Curve Dental, developers of web-based dental software, introduced a new package of patient communication features called Curve Connex, which includes a patient portal for online payments and an automated appointment reminder system that can help the practice reduce missed appointments. The patient portal is an online extension of the practice wherein patients can make a payment, review current and past statements, view past payment...
Source: Dental Technology Blog - October 28, 2013 Category: Dentists Source Type: blogs
