Comments for Dentist.Com® http://dentistcom.wordpress.com Your Global Dental Information and Referral Resource Sun, 18 May 2008 17:01:34 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Health Insurance Fraud in the News by Health Insurance Fraud in the News http://dentistcom.wordpress.com/2008/05/17/health-insurance-fraud-in-the-news/#comment-166 Health Insurance Fraud in the News Sun, 18 May 2008 17:01:34 +0000 http://dentistcom.wordpress.com/?p=430#comment-166 [...] Go to the author’s original blog: Health Insurance Fraud in the News [...] [...] Go to the author’s original blog: Health Insurance Fraud in the News [...]

]]> Comment on Search by What is Direct Reimbursement? « Dentist.Com http://dentistcom.wordpress.com/test/#comment-98 What is Direct Reimbursement? « Dentist.Com Sat, 12 Apr 2008 22:24:51 +0000 http://dentistcom.wordpress.com/?page_id=292#comment-98 [...] There are no missing tooth exclusions. [...] [...] There are no missing tooth exclusions. [...]

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]]> Comment on Mixed Feelings About High Profile Celebrity Dentists by » Mixed Feelings About High Profile Celebrity Dentists http://dentistcom.wordpress.com/2007/12/21/mixed-feelings-about-high-profile-celebrity-dentists-2/#comment-65 » Mixed Feelings About High Profile Celebrity Dentists Thu, 13 Mar 2008 23:32:02 +0000 http://dentistcom.wordpress.com/2007/12/21/mixed-feelings-about-high-profile-celebrity-dentists-2/#comment-65 [...] Dentist.Com is very entertaining. Check out the latest and greatest post on Mixed Feelings About High Profile Celebrity Dentists. See below for a quick excerpt of the entertainment: [...] [...] Dentist.Com is very entertaining. Check out the latest and greatest post on Mixed Feelings About High Profile Celebrity Dentists. See below for a quick excerpt of the entertainment: [...]

]]> Comment on ‘NoMoreClipboard.com’ Collaboration with Google Health by darrelldds http://dentistcom.wordpress.com/2008/03/09/nomoreclipboardcom-collaboration-with-google-health/#comment-62 darrelldds Sun, 09 Mar 2008 18:51:29 +0000 http://dentistcom.wordpress.com/?p=335#comment-62 It has only been a little more than a week since the ’08 HIMSS meeting, when CEO Eric Schmidt announced Google’s entry into the PHR market. I confidently proclaim that this marked the salvation of EHRs in dentistry, as well as in all of healthcare. This chunk of real-time history that I happily share with you will not reach the general public for months, if at all. We are alone in a frontier, friend, where there is opportunity as well as risk. I sincerely hope you are enjoying this adventure as much as I am. When I recently read the press release about NoMoreClipboard.com, it occurred to me that until Google, Microsoft and other consumer-dependent businesses entered the PHR market, there was no market. There was only a collection of lazy, but politically connected entrepreneurs who base their sales on sure-fire mandates rather than pleasing finicky customers. There is hope. I was recently heartened by a press release about NoMoreClipboard.com that I posted below. It announces the company’s collaboration with GoogleHealth to enable physicians with paper records to download as well as upload their patients’ medical information. How long would it have taken BCBS to propose such a common sense solution that appeals to doctors? Never. Insurers will never accommodate doctors. Why should they? They spent millions of dollars to elect mandates. NoMoreClipboard.com represents a consumer-driven company that enjoins providers on customers’ terms, not with tyranny. Consumers just don’t give a hoot about the NPI number. Give it up, ADA. Come out with your hands up. I’ve got you surrounded. Darrell It has only been a little more than a week since the ’08 HIMSS meeting, when CEO Eric Schmidt announced Google’s entry into the PHR market. I confidently proclaim that this marked the salvation
of EHRs in dentistry, as well as in all of healthcare. This chunk of real-time history that I happily share with you will not reach the general public for months, if at all. We are alone in a frontier, friend,
where there is opportunity as well as risk. I sincerely hope you are enjoying this adventure as much as I am.

When I recently read the press release about NoMoreClipboard.com, it occurred to me that until Google, Microsoft and other consumer-dependent businesses entered the PHR market, there was no market. There was only a collection of lazy, but politically connected
entrepreneurs who base their sales on sure-fire mandates rather than pleasing finicky customers.

There is hope. I was recently heartened by a press release about NoMoreClipboard.com that I posted below. It announces the company’s collaboration with GoogleHealth to enable physicians
with paper records to download as well as upload their patients’ medical information. How long would it have taken BCBS to propose such a common sense solution that appeals to doctors? Never. Insurers will never accommodate doctors. Why should they? They spent millions of dollars to elect mandates.

NoMoreClipboard.com represents a consumer-driven company that enjoins providers on customers’ terms, not with tyranny. Consumers just don’t give a hoot about the NPI number.

Give it up, ADA. Come out with your hands up. I’ve got you surrounded. Darrell

]]> Comment on Search by The Sonicare IntelliClean Electric Toothbrush System « Dentist.Com http://dentistcom.wordpress.com/test/#comment-61 The Sonicare IntelliClean Electric Toothbrush System « Dentist.Com Sun, 09 Mar 2008 00:04:30 +0000 http://dentistcom.wordpress.com/?page_id=292#comment-61 [...] in the back and forth motion that is recommended by dentists. While brushing does not replace flossing, Sonicare claims that the IntelliClean system is one step closer to flossing because the high speed [...] [...] in the back and forth motion that is recommended by dentists. While brushing does not replace flossing, Sonicare claims that the IntelliClean system is one step closer to flossing because the high speed [...]

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]]> Comment on Dental Flossers by Tips for Choosing the Right Dental Products « Dentist.Com http://dentistcom.wordpress.com/2008/03/04/dental-flossers/#comment-59 Tips for Choosing the Right Dental Products « Dentist.Com Sat, 08 Mar 2008 23:24:07 +0000 http://dentistcom.wordpress.com/?p=329#comment-59 [...] Dental Flossers Many personally prefer to use a dental flosser because it seems to make flossing so much easier than conventional dental floss. [...] [...] Dental Flossers Many personally prefer to use a dental flosser because it seems to make flossing so much easier than conventional dental floss. [...]

]]> Comment on Search by Specialists « Dentist.Com http://dentistcom.wordpress.com/test/#comment-41 Specialists « Dentist.Com Sat, 01 Mar 2008 17:35:52 +0000 http://dentistcom.wordpress.com/?page_id=292#comment-41 [...] is a Periodontist? A. A periodontist is a dental specialist that has not only completed 4 years of dental school, but has also completed an additional 3 years of specialty training in diagnosing, preventing and [...] [...] is a Periodontist? A. A periodontist is a dental specialist that has not only completed 4 years of dental school, but has also completed an additional 3 years of specialty training in diagnosing, preventing and [...]

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