vendredi 7 mai 2010
Spoke Too Soon?
I've been raving about my new MacBook Pro 13" laptop, which I think is great. It looks like perhaps I should have waited a few weeks. The new MacBook Pros that just came out look amazing. Here's a review of the one I would have got, the 15" version.
jeudi 6 mai 2010
Another Marriage
As many of you already know, I'm a huge fan of Aurum Labs and they have some exciting partnerships to announce in the near future. One of those was announced today, a partnership with my friend Vijay Sikka and his Sikka Software. here's the press release:
CALGARY, Alberta & MILPITAS, Calif.--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--Aurum Group, the leading high end laboratory and provider of healthcare products and services to dental practitioners in the North American markets, will collaborate with Sikka Software Corporation to provide Aurum Group’s customers with optimization of business intelligence, clinical benchmarking and financials based on the unique capabilities of Sikka Software’s product offering, which includes Dental Practice Optimizer®, Clinical Practice Optimizer®, Fee Optimizer Fee Schedule Optimizer®, and Optimizer for Consultants®.
“Sikka will support Aurum Group’s dentists, by providing real time business optimization and clinical benchmarking with direct value creation in vital areas of their practice, particularly by showing return on investment in lab connection, marketing, patients, fees and insurance in an easy-to-use format”
“Aurum Group is committed to providing our dentists with superior, practice growth solutions that enable increased efficiency, higher productivity and optimal patient satisfaction,” said Mark Maier, Vice President Business Development of Aurum Group. “Sikka Software real time optimization products complement Aurum Group’s standing in the dental community for quality and innovation driving value in comprehensive aesthetic dentistry.”
“Sikka will support Aurum Group’s dentists, by providing real time business optimization and clinical benchmarking with direct value creation in vital areas of their practice, particularly by showing return on investment in lab connection, marketing, patients, fees and insurance in an easy-to-use format,” said Vijay Sikka, CEO & President of Sikka Software Corporation. “This information allows dental professionals to make informed decisions that boost the performance of their business and support quality patient care.”
About Sikka Software
Sikka Software Corporation was incorporated in early 2004 with the intention of providing best of class business optimization, clinical benchmarking and networking software solutions to dental and healthcare community.
Sikka Software Corporation products, with 6,400 installations help dentists and their teams understand and maximize business profitability with best fee schedules and marketing campaigns, as well as analyses of return on investment, patients, insurance, supplies, and demographics. This enables Sikka Software customers help improve quality of care for over 8 million patients. Sikka Software Corporation is transforming the face of small business healthcare business and clinical optimization.
A privately-held company, Sikka Software is headquartered in Milpitas, California with offices in the United States and in India. More information may be found at www.sikkasoft.com.
About Aurum Group
Global Full Service Dental Solutions – Brilliant Aesthetics. World-Class Precision. Proven New Products and Techniques. Innovative Applications. Platinum-Level Service. Superior Value. For almost 50 years, The Aurum Group of Companies (Aurum Ceramic/Classic Dental Laboratories, Space Maintainers Canada, Cerum Ortho Organizers and Cerum Dental Supplies) has made these the cornerstones of a tradition of excellence. As a leader in state-of-the-art comprehensive esthetic and restorative dentistry for patients of all ages, we are committed to providing dentists with only the best in laboratory services and dental consumables.
Headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Canada with offices across North America, Aurum Group is recognized for Excellence in Continuing Education.
* Aurum Ceramic/Classic is an AGD Approved PACE Program Provider and an ADA CERP Recognized Provider.
* Platinum Sponsor, and one of two Designated Labs, of The Las Vegas Institute for Advanced Dental Studies (LVI).
* Corporate Gold Member of AACD, Member of DTA (Dental Trade Alliance) and DIAC (Dental Industry Association of Canada), supporter of Oral Health America, Dentistry Canada Fund and many other foundations and initiatives.
For more information, visit the Aurum Group Web site at www.aurumgroup.com
CALGARY, Alberta & MILPITAS, Calif.--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--Aurum Group, the leading high end laboratory and provider of healthcare products and services to dental practitioners in the North American markets, will collaborate with Sikka Software Corporation to provide Aurum Group’s customers with optimization of business intelligence, clinical benchmarking and financials based on the unique capabilities of Sikka Software’s product offering, which includes Dental Practice Optimizer®, Clinical Practice Optimizer®, Fee Optimizer Fee Schedule Optimizer®, and Optimizer for Consultants®.
“Sikka will support Aurum Group’s dentists, by providing real time business optimization and clinical benchmarking with direct value creation in vital areas of their practice, particularly by showing return on investment in lab connection, marketing, patients, fees and insurance in an easy-to-use format”
“Aurum Group is committed to providing our dentists with superior, practice growth solutions that enable increased efficiency, higher productivity and optimal patient satisfaction,” said Mark Maier, Vice President Business Development of Aurum Group. “Sikka Software real time optimization products complement Aurum Group’s standing in the dental community for quality and innovation driving value in comprehensive aesthetic dentistry.”
“Sikka will support Aurum Group’s dentists, by providing real time business optimization and clinical benchmarking with direct value creation in vital areas of their practice, particularly by showing return on investment in lab connection, marketing, patients, fees and insurance in an easy-to-use format,” said Vijay Sikka, CEO & President of Sikka Software Corporation. “This information allows dental professionals to make informed decisions that boost the performance of their business and support quality patient care.”
About Sikka Software
Sikka Software Corporation was incorporated in early 2004 with the intention of providing best of class business optimization, clinical benchmarking and networking software solutions to dental and healthcare community.
Sikka Software Corporation products, with 6,400 installations help dentists and their teams understand and maximize business profitability with best fee schedules and marketing campaigns, as well as analyses of return on investment, patients, insurance, supplies, and demographics. This enables Sikka Software customers help improve quality of care for over 8 million patients. Sikka Software Corporation is transforming the face of small business healthcare business and clinical optimization.
A privately-held company, Sikka Software is headquartered in Milpitas, California with offices in the United States and in India. More information may be found at www.sikkasoft.com.
About Aurum Group
Global Full Service Dental Solutions – Brilliant Aesthetics. World-Class Precision. Proven New Products and Techniques. Innovative Applications. Platinum-Level Service. Superior Value. For almost 50 years, The Aurum Group of Companies (Aurum Ceramic/Classic Dental Laboratories, Space Maintainers Canada, Cerum Ortho Organizers and Cerum Dental Supplies) has made these the cornerstones of a tradition of excellence. As a leader in state-of-the-art comprehensive esthetic and restorative dentistry for patients of all ages, we are committed to providing dentists with only the best in laboratory services and dental consumables.
Headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Canada with offices across North America, Aurum Group is recognized for Excellence in Continuing Education.
* Aurum Ceramic/Classic is an AGD Approved PACE Program Provider and an ADA CERP Recognized Provider.
* Platinum Sponsor, and one of two Designated Labs, of The Las Vegas Institute for Advanced Dental Studies (LVI).
* Corporate Gold Member of AACD, Member of DTA (Dental Trade Alliance) and DIAC (Dental Industry Association of Canada), supporter of Oral Health America, Dentistry Canada Fund and many other foundations and initiatives.
For more information, visit the Aurum Group Web site at www.aurumgroup.com
mercredi 5 mai 2010
Waste Not Want Not
Here's a good article on how dental offices can "go green": http://www.dental-tribune.com/articles/content/scope/news/region/usa/id/1894.
mardi 4 mai 2010
Not the Weakest Link
A few weeks ago, I talked about a new service to help dentists get their websites ranked higher in Google called LinkMeList. This service was started by someone who probably knows more about this stuff than anyone I know, Dr. Gary Sanchez, a fellow dentist. Well, he's made some major upgrades and is now offering a huge number of valuable services. Here's what he sent me:
What I am offering on top of the linking and increase in Google ranking is a Step by Step method for Members to get their website ready to attract and convert their ideal client. I will walk them through how to:
1 - Create the Vision for their Ideal Practice.
2 - Identify their Ideal Patient.
3 - Get their Website ready to attract their ideal client with the correct messaging.
4 - Convert Visitors to New Patients.
5 - Becoming the Expert in their Local Market.
6 - How to Stay in Contact with Visitors until they are ready to make a decision.
Using this system, my office has had:
Feb - 42 NP
March - 31 NP (took a week off)
April - 32 NP (took a week off)
I have spent the last year learning how to do this and doing it myself for my office and I am sharing this with the members.
Once everything is set up, it all happens automatically.
I can't recommend this or Gary highly enough....be sure to contact him and tell him you heard about it here.
What I am offering on top of the linking and increase in Google ranking is a Step by Step method for Members to get their website ready to attract and convert their ideal client. I will walk them through how to:
1 - Create the Vision for their Ideal Practice.
2 - Identify their Ideal Patient.
3 - Get their Website ready to attract their ideal client with the correct messaging.
4 - Convert Visitors to New Patients.
5 - Becoming the Expert in their Local Market.
6 - How to Stay in Contact with Visitors until they are ready to make a decision.
Using this system, my office has had:
Feb - 42 NP
March - 31 NP (took a week off)
April - 32 NP (took a week off)
I have spent the last year learning how to do this and doing it myself for my office and I am sharing this with the members.
Once everything is set up, it all happens automatically.
I can't recommend this or Gary highly enough....be sure to contact him and tell him you heard about it here.
lundi 3 mai 2010
Pair of Aces
Two of my favorite products out there, Curve Dental and Orasphere patient education, have decided to join forces. Here's the press release:
OREM, UT—Curve Dental, developers of Web-based dental software announced the completion of their acquisition of Orasphere, Ltd., a developer of dental patient education videos that can be viewed on a dentist’s website, computer, on DVD, or on an Apple iPod Touch.
“Orasphere will add to Curve Dental’s product offering by contributing world-class patient education materials to our Web-based dental software,” said Jim Pack, CEO of Curve Dental. “Orasphere’s quality and innovation is a good match for Curve Dental, and their team of people, with their talents and experience in the dental profession, will be a great addition to the current Curve Dental team. We intend to leverage the Orasphere library by hosting it in the cloud—or on the Web—thus removing the need for expensive servers, tedious installation and risky upgrades.”
Curve Dental will integrate Orasphere videos into its Web-based dental software in content-sensitive situations. “If the doctor is creating a treatment plan that includes a crown, the doctor can educate the patient instantly with a crown patient education video already at their fingertips,” said Pack. “By anticipating the doctor’s needs we are creating dental software that is highly efficient and, because it is Web-based, is more convenient and flexible. Moreover, we’re offering this service to our web-based dental software customers at no additional cost.”
Curve Dental will continue to sell Orasphere as a stand-alone dental patient education system via the Orasphere website at www.orasphere.com. The system is available in four different formats: DVD, PC, Web, and iPod Touch and includes more than 72 different videos in 13 categories. The Orasphere library was developed by Drs. Stacy Hunt and Tom Gallivan, who are both dentists.
About Curve Dental, Inc.
Founded in 2005, Curve Dental provides web-based dental software and related services to dental practices within the United States and Canada. The company is privately-held, headquartered in Orem, Utah with offices in Calgary, Canada and Dunedin, New Zealand. Dentists can call 888-910-4376 or visit www.curvedental.com for more information.
OREM, UT—Curve Dental, developers of Web-based dental software announced the completion of their acquisition of Orasphere, Ltd., a developer of dental patient education videos that can be viewed on a dentist’s website, computer, on DVD, or on an Apple iPod Touch.
“Orasphere will add to Curve Dental’s product offering by contributing world-class patient education materials to our Web-based dental software,” said Jim Pack, CEO of Curve Dental. “Orasphere’s quality and innovation is a good match for Curve Dental, and their team of people, with their talents and experience in the dental profession, will be a great addition to the current Curve Dental team. We intend to leverage the Orasphere library by hosting it in the cloud—or on the Web—thus removing the need for expensive servers, tedious installation and risky upgrades.”
Curve Dental will integrate Orasphere videos into its Web-based dental software in content-sensitive situations. “If the doctor is creating a treatment plan that includes a crown, the doctor can educate the patient instantly with a crown patient education video already at their fingertips,” said Pack. “By anticipating the doctor’s needs we are creating dental software that is highly efficient and, because it is Web-based, is more convenient and flexible. Moreover, we’re offering this service to our web-based dental software customers at no additional cost.”
Curve Dental will continue to sell Orasphere as a stand-alone dental patient education system via the Orasphere website at www.orasphere.com. The system is available in four different formats: DVD, PC, Web, and iPod Touch and includes more than 72 different videos in 13 categories. The Orasphere library was developed by Drs. Stacy Hunt and Tom Gallivan, who are both dentists.
About Curve Dental, Inc.
Founded in 2005, Curve Dental provides web-based dental software and related services to dental practices within the United States and Canada. The company is privately-held, headquartered in Orem, Utah with offices in Calgary, Canada and Dunedin, New Zealand. Dentists can call 888-910-4376 or visit www.curvedental.com for more information.
dimanche 2 mai 2010
Twist and Shout
Here's an interesting twist (literally and figuratively) on sensor design: the Owandy Visteo. The sensor can rotate on a magnet so that it can be positioned pretty much in any way that you'd like. I don't know anyone that has these sensors yet, but the concept is certainly radical.
samedi 1 mai 2010
Clean as a Whistle
If you're a person in the 21st century, then you have a lot of...well,...crap...that you need to clean up. Whether it's digital files or cables and cords, life can be a real mess for the modern digital dentist. Here are the Top 10 Ways to Declutter Your Digital Life.
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