Traveling Study Group

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010

Traveling Study Group Seminars

By Flo Janes

Last year we held several Study Groups for specialty and general 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 one-day seminars in the Sacramento and San Jose areas.

Mark your calendars for our next events:
SAN JOSE STUDY GROUP - WEDNESDAY JUNE 16, 2010
SACRAMENTO STUDY GROUP - WEDNESDAY JUNE 23, 2010 (Date changed)

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.

Call or email us for more information about these events.
 floj@datacondental.com or (800) 773-7878.

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Monday, November 16th, 2009

Collecting E-mail Addresses

By Duane de Long

In this era of instant communication, e-mail is one of the most effective methods to share ideas. It is not surprising given their immediacy, low carbon footprint, flexibility and traceability.

Communication with our clients has always been a high priority at Datacon. To this point we have primarily relied on printed copies of our monthly newsletters, and face-to-face exchanges at our study group seminars and CDA meetings.

In the interest of getting valuable information to you as efficiently as possible, we are making a concerted effort to gather e-mail addresses. If you are not currently receiving communication from us via e-mail, please help us to stay in touch by providing your e-mail address.

Simply send an e-mail to info@datacondental.com, fax it to us at (707) 523-7798, or better yet, subscribe on our website!

Help us help you, and we’ll save some trees in the process!

Text and Email Reminders

Monday, July 13th, 2009

Text & Email Reminders

By Flo Janes

Did you know you can now text message through your Datacon server? With the new 3.6 version of software, you can send a patient a reminder that they have a dental appointment scheduled or a quick text that you are running ahead and they could come earlier for their appointment. You can text message (SMS) in addition to emailing your patients for many different purposes.
You no longer have to use a third party software like Smile Reminders, Dental Senders or Teletask to utilize these cool new features. There is an hourly setup fee for this feature but there is no residual cost.
Some internet providers are using or will be upgrading technology that may prevent this functionality on the Alpha Micro servers. The Mac servers are fully compatible. Call Datacon if you would like to have this great time-saving feature set up on your system.

Tired of Spam?

Friday, June 5th, 2009

Tired of Spam?

By Jay deLong

Email spam, also known as junk email, is a frustrating reality in the online computer world.
Spammers send more than 100 billion emails per day. This translates to approximately 94% of all email sent.
If you are frustrated by spam and don’t like spending the first five minutes of your day filtering out email offers for “great deals” on Rolex watches or Viagra, we have a solution for you.
Datacon recently teamed up with Red Condor, an award-winning anti-spam protection service company based in Rohnert Park, CA. Red Condor is a leader in the fight against spam, and is continually developing new spam-fighting technologies.
Here are some of the great features provided by Red Condor’s spam filtering service:

• Protection from viruses, spyware, phishing schemes, Trojans, and other dangerous and offensive content.
• Near-Zero false positives. They keep a human in the loop to physically monitor filtered content.

The end result: less than .01% false positives, with spam block rates greater than 98%.
Together, Datacon and Red Condor can help you significantly reduce the number of unwanted emails clogging your inbox. Give us a call if you would like to have more information about this simple and inexpensive solution.