Re: New Hardware for Office

From: Joel M. Eichen (joeleichen_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 12/24/04 

Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 10:50:25 -0500

There is a parallel in dentistry.

If patients refer themselves to their own periodontist for crown
lengthening, or their own oral surgeons for full mouth extraction
and/or implant surgical placement, or to their own friend's dental lab
for crown fabrication, then the systems integrator (the dentist)
cannot be hold accountable for failure.

What means failure?

CROWN LENTHENING that is too short.

FULL MOUTH EXTRACTION, without adequate bone reduction for tooth
placement i nthe dentures.

IMPLANT PLACEMENT without regard to position,

CROWN FABRICATION without adequate quality contreol,

ETC.

Joel

On Fri, 24 Dec 2004 15:30:27 GMT, Dr. Steve <drsteve@no-spam.com>
wrote:

>On 23 Dec 2004 20:45:15 -0800, klund.spam@gmail.com wrote:
>
>>My wife is a dentist, and her office needs to upgrade their computer
>>system. The system they are working on is about five years old, and
>>showing the strain. They are exploring a number of things right now.
>>First, they are planning on upgrading to the newest version of
>>SoftDent. OK, I think that's straightforward enough.
>>
>>Secondly, they need new PC's all across the board, and ideally a server
>>and computers in the operatories. They got a quote from a company
>>referred by SoftDent, and I was blown away by their prices. It seems
>>that they add a gigantic markup for every single item.
>>
>>The SoftDent people "strongly recommended" that my wife's doesn't buy
>>hardware on their own, because it might not be configured properly.
>>
>>I guess my question is this: Are there really some secret magical
>>ingredients that are so special to a dental office that you need a
>>special dental hardware company to install everything for you? I
>>totally understand that having a professional install your hardware
>>gives a certain amount of piece of mind, but I feel like they're being
>>played ("Hey, they're dentists, what do they know? We'll up the price
>>and scare them from going anyplace else.")
>>
>>Have other dentists out there set up a networked system on their own
>>and lived to tell the tale? Or even purchased the hardware personally
>>(like from Dell) and had a hardware guy wire everything together and
>>make the network work?
>>
>>Thanks in advance,
>>Kevin
>
>If your hardware builder is offing a great service plan where they
>will guarantee the system for a few years; it might still be worth it.
>(uncertain). You can buy Dell or some other model PC's. You must,
>however, use components inside the PC which are compatible with
>everything you plan to do. Not every combination of internal PC cards
>will work with. every situation. Your software vendor should provide
>you with a list of "tested and approved" components. If you use
>components which have not been tested, you may hot be able to get
>support since the technician may not know how it behaves on your
>parts,
>..
>Stephen Mancuso, D.D.S.
>Troy, Michigan, USA
>
>Writing on a tablet PC,so forgive me if the PC misreads my poor handwriting.

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