Year End Procedures

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

Year End Procedures

It’s that time of year again. Follow these directions to button-up your dental practice for the year.

1. Post everything you want reflected for the year, including charges, payments, adjustments, refunds, etc.
2. Run monthly reports as usual, including the Practice Summary Report for the year.
3. Print your fee schedule to give you YTD totals for procedures. SELECT Procedure Codes, Print fee schedule.
4. Run the “yearly clear.” Remember, don’t run the daily or monthly clears as the third selection in Print Control Sheets performs the daily, monthly, and yearly clears in one keystroke.
5. Remove old schedule blocking. This should be done on a monthly basis. SELECT Appointments & Recall, Schedule Maintenance, Remove old schedule blocking.
6. Reorganize files. SELECT File maintenance, Reorganize files for faster access. Reorganize each item, except Ageing list, which is done daily during the clear.
7. Archive the last backup of the year, preferably off-site.

Datacon can offer online backups now! Call (800) 773-7878 or email info@datacondental.com for details.

Call Datacon for Support!

Monday, November 16th, 2009

Call us with your Support Questions

By Mary Ellen Forman

At Datacon, we are continually striving to make our software as intuitive and user friendly as possible. But, when you do get stumped and need our assistance, we are here for you. These are just some of the services you receive with your monthly software support:

• Periodic updates of the Datacon dental practice management software, including enhancements and new features.
• Troubleshooting, diagnosis, and resolution of issues in the Datacon practice management software.
• Troubleshooting of problems regarding specific hardware supplied by Datacon.
• Thirty minutes per month IT support (Tech support) via telephone.
• Issues related to connecting to the Datacon Dental System with pcLink.
• Rates for training at Datacon, your office or via the Internet, as well as information on study group sessions and galas.

Our toll-free telephone number (800) 773-7878 for use in obtaining all support.
Support staff is available 8 am to 5 pm PST, Monday through Friday, excluding holidays.

If you have any questions regarding what services are included with your monthly support, please call us or refer to our software support policy posted on our website at www.datacondental.com

Datacon Dental always strives to give top-notch support at all times, with most calls returned within 24 hours.

General Study Group

Monday, November 16th, 2009

STUDY GROUP SEMINARS!
NOW FOR GENERAL DENTISTS!

By Flo Janes

This year we held several Study Groups for specialty practices. The primary focus was on running a paperless office. These meetings were very well attended and a lot of useful information was presented.
As always, we listen to your feedback and it directly affects the development of our software.
Datacon is now offering a series of one-day seminars for general dentists. Mark your calendars for our first event:

GENERAL STUDY GROUP - FRIDAY JANUARY 29, 2010

Datacon has all of the tools - both clinical and administrative - so come learn how to use them!
Subjects to be covered include scheduling, email and digital x-ray integration, referral tracking and communication, electronic consent forms, periodontal charting, tooth charting, treatment planning, electronic chart notes, and downloading data to an iPhone or BlackBerry. If you are interested in maximizing the power of your Datacon system, you will not want to miss this meeting.

CE units are available as well.