Less than a year ago, a cloud was something that was either a harbinger of a Georgia Okeefe retrospective or a potentially ruined golf game, which frankly, already ruins a good walk in the woods and pollutes the aquifiers with the chemicals used to keep fairways and greens green (it’s green they say on the [...]

In this day of a dentist on every corner and a new toy coming to market literally on a daily basis, it’s ultimately the fundamentals that enable the strong, the intuitive, the savvy and the sophisticated to survive. Pay heed to the lesson below………..it’s a life lesson – all business models are the same, just [...]

I’m much too farklempt to add a tag line……..carry on….. By DrBicuspid StaffSeptember 20, 2011 – A new pilot project at the University of Pacific‘s Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry has brought iPads into the school’s Main Clinic. Students are using iPads equipped with a special application that gives them a new way to communicate with patients, [...]

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From PRNewswire LOS ANGELES, Sept. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Established dental practices face many challenges, number one being the lack of patients desiring cosmetic restorations for fear of painful shots or drilling.  Now dentists can allay patient fears, going beyond just treating them with regular cleanings and maintenance, by offering the new painless SmileSimplicity procedures [...]

Paperless – the way of our management world. Check out this website to manage your team’s hours……simplifies payroll management. http://www.timeclockpearl.com/index

It’s the economy stupid!  Came across this interesting story; it can be distilled down to apply to any business. Know the lay of the land, look down the road……in the immortal words of Creedence Clearwater Revival – try to see “up around the bend.” From CNet News – Business Tech – HP’s Carly Fiorina era [...]

By Stuart J. Oberman, Esq from Dental Tribune – August 12, 2011 For a practicing dentist who aims to always deliver high-quality patient care, staff retention is an important value. Staff retention aids the dental practice in providing stability and continuity and eliminates the high costs associated with employee turnover. Obviously, staff members are more [...]

Just another thing they never taught you in dental school… By Don Deems, DDS, FAGD from Dr. Bicuspid July 18, 2011 – Frank knew he needed to make a change. He just couldn’t do it. After all, what would happen if he did do it? Frank was paralyzed into inaction. You know Frank; you’ve either been [...]

To avoid redundancy of the News section of the OH website with the blog section, as we find our information from similar resources at times, I’m going to post op-ed pieces occasionally that while not directly on point, nonetheless if you can see things peripherally, may well provide you insight into your career and it’s [...]

How do you discern truth, fact? What is real any longer in a world and a profession that seems geared to bells and whistles? If you read the websites and the association newsletters, everywhere in the dental world, it is a landscape of milk and honey, manna from heaven is on every slow food dental [...]

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How did someone manage to embezzle $200K in this economy from her office with no one the wiser?  That question being posed, I’m calling my accountant this morning to do a forensic audit of my practice…shhhhhhhhh From Dr. Bicuspid – June 28, 2011 Read more

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From Dental Heroes – Jameson Management – June 12, 2011 Take the time to Analyze Take a look–a hard, honest look at each and every one of your systems and ask yourself, “What are we doing well?” Do more of that! Then ask yourself the really difficult question, “How can we do this better?” That’s [...]

Title has nothing to do with the entry, just curious to see who’s reading. Motivated patients keep appointments, dentists told  from the Hartford Business.com Journal Online Q&A talks about issues in the management of a dental practice with Peter Gopal, president of Visionary Management, a dental practice management consulting firm based in Pennsylvania. He is [...]