News release (Oct, 1st 2004)
Dentistry 21™
introduces:
Practice-XL™,
the First
Dental Consulting Software in the World
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
In the marketplace,
businesspersons face constant pressure to run their business practices
as effectively as possible. Such pressures can be especially acute in
healthcare-related industries where costs and inefficiencies must be
kept in check. Healthcare professionals, especially dentists often face
the unenviable task of balancing the obligation to provide quality
patient care with the need to make such patient care affordable.
One existing way for dental
practices to increase their efficiency is through obtaining the services
of practice consultants who specialize in providing business-specific
advice. Typically, such consulting services require a visit from a
consultant who observes how the practice is run and then provides advice
based on such observations.
Unfortunately, such consulting
services can be uneconomical and cumbersome for healthcare professionals
to utilize. The fees typically charged by such consultants can be
significant, often costing upwards of many thousands of dollars, or a
non-trivial percentage of the dentist’s income. Dental professionals
must also absorb the costs associated with the time invested in meeting
with such consultants. Consequently, the costs incurred when utilizing
business consulting services can be a major business expense for dental
practices.
In addition, the availability
of consultants can vary depending on the consultant’s schedule,
requiring the dental professional to adjust office schedules to
accommodate the consultant’s availability. Moreover, the quality of
advice given by such consultants may be based on a relatively small time
period of observation which may not provide a comprehensive examination
of the general practice of the office. Furthermore, the presence of an
observing party in the office may cause patients discomfort.
In view of these various
drawbacks, there exists a need for improved methods and systems for
providing business consulting services to businesspersons. In
particular, there is a need for an improved business consulting model as
applied to healthcare-related industries specially dentists.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention
(Practice-XL™),
roughly described, relates generally to technology for providing
practice consulting services, and more particularly to methods and
systems for facilitating the management of a dental practice. This practice
management consulting system
can provide business consulting services to a dentist, without the need
for hiring a business consultant.
In various embodiments, a user
of the system can interact with a user interface provided by a software
running on a computer. A set of links are
provided to the user for accessing educational materials pertaining to
dental practice management. A variety of different interactive processes
are made available by the system for analyzing the performance of the
user’s business pertaining to the office, finances, overhead, budget,
and/or referrals associated with the practice.
In response to the user’s
selection of an interactive process, the system can display a page to
the user through the user interface, requesting business information
from the user. The user can enter business information pertaining to a
business practice of the user, and can instruct the system to
analyze/process the business information in accordance with the selected
interactive process. The system can display the results of the
processing through the user.
ABSTRACT
OF THE INVENTION
A practice management
consulting system and related methods are provided for facilitating the
communication of business consulting information and advice to a dentist,
without the need for hiring a business consultant. A user of the system
can interact with a software running on a computer. Educational materials pertaining to business practice management
can be accessed by the user by selecting from a set of links displayed
on the screen. A wide variety of user-selectable interactive processes are
made available by the system for analyzing the performance of the user’s
business pertaining to the office, finances, overhead, budget, and/or
referrals associated with the business. The user can enter business
information to be processed by the system. The system can display the
results of the processing, comprising business consulting advice
pertaining to the business practice of the user.
Source: Dentistry21, Solution21, Inc.
1/10/2004
Dental Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Dentistry21™ Introduced the Practice-XL™,
the First Dental Practice Consulting Software in the World.
Irvine, CA
December 28, 2004 - Dentistry21™ (Solution21, Inc.) released the
first version of Practice-XL™, the first dental practice
consulting and marketing software in the
world. The
software was released in two versions of General Dentistry and
Specialty version. Managing and marketing a dental
practice requires experience in business leadership, marketing
and customer service; subjects that are not thought in dental
schools.
Up to this point
the only option a dental practice had was hiring a professional
dental practice consultant and marketing expert. Practice-XL™
software is designed to provide that service to dental
professionals.
This innovative
software (patent pending) works as a virtual dental consultant.
The program uses special tests and tools to analyze and evaluate
the performance of different areas of the practice. By using an
innovative system, it points out areas that need improvement and
describes how it should be done.
"In Practice-XL™,
the approach to dental practice management is familiar to
dentists" Said Dentistry21's CEO. "It's the same concept learned in dental schools to
treat dental diseases: Diagnosis, treatment planning, treatment and
at last following-up the result."
"All these tasks are done by
this extremely easy to use interactive software that creates a
customize plan for the user to improve his/her practice."
About the company:
Dentistry21™ is an innovative company dedicated to help dentists
build more productive and profitable practices. They do this by
bringing cutting edge digital technology to help dentists manage
their practices.
For additional
information (or demo), contact Dentistry21™
1-888-42EXCEL
info@dentistry21.com
www.Dentistry21.com
