A lot has changed in the world of telephones. The days of a simple hard wired phone at your office location are long gone. With today’s newer phone systems, your phones can be anywhere and ring anyone. Your messages can be forwarded to email, text, or cell phone voicemail boxes.

We would like to thank Jacksonville Dental Society and Betty Hutchens for all they do for the dental community. We are honored to have sponsored JDS for the past 15 years and especially honored to be a part of this tournament for the past 6 years. The weather was cool, the competition was friendly, and a good time was had by all.

We recently partnered with Linda Harvey, President of The Linda Harvey Group to review our Privacy Policy and Business Associate agreements to ensure we are protecting ourselves and our clients. As your technology specialist, we feel strongly about keeping you informed regarding these laws and providing the latest solutions to ensure your data is safe and your office is HIPAA compliant.

Economic change over the past several years has affected the way dentists practice. Some are discounting fees, working later hours, and even running their practice with less employees all in an effort to remain profitable and keep the doors open. Many doctors are so overwhelmed with the pressure that comes along with these changes and depend heavily on their team to take care of the administrative duties they should be performing themselves.

The end of the film panorex is finally upon us. Most panorex manufacturers no longer sell film pans and aside from retrofits and phosphor plate systems the film panorex has reached the end of its product life cycle. The digital panorex has finally reached full maturity and has taken over the market based on its lower operational costs and increased diagnostic quality.

Laptops are invaluable machines that allow you to take the office with you, without having to lug around a massive desktop. What is also really useful about them is that most new laptops have the same power as desktops but in a much smaller case. There is a price to be paid however: Cram enough components into a small space and they will generate heat.