subject: Taking Your Offline Dental Software Mobile [print this page] Taking Your Offline Dental Software Mobile
Today's dentist is as busy as ever. Not only at work but at home. It's no wonder mobile devices such as iPhones and Blackberrys are very popular among dentists. And although their custom tailored software has made headway in digital radiology it has not foraged as far in wide based connect-ability.
Dental management systems have been around for decades. With new technology comes changes and enhancements to these complicated and mission critical systems. Whether you use Dentrix or Abelsoft for scheduling, charting, billing or reporting you know that your practice cannot live without it.
So far the dental software vendors have been relatively slow to incorporate the use of the Internet with their current programs. Their systems have remained a offline solution. This is unfortunate as the connect-ability options have spread not just between computers, but to mobile phones, netbooks, iPads, and many more mobile devices. Just imagine checking your schedule or view your production reports on your Blackberry or iPhone.
Taking these offline systems online will be a hot topic in years to come. Privacy, security, and convenience will be high priorities in the design and development of the online functionality. This functionality will also need to integrate smoothly into legacy and current systems. While not all features of current software will need to go online, scheduling, reporting, and accounting will be ones that you'll see take to the web.
As a owner of a dental practice you will soon be connected no matter where you are. This may be of most interest for dentists which own or practice at multiple offices.
While the dental management software giants are slowly designing their move to online capability there are a add-on products which are popping up on the Internet which bridge this gap. These add-ons may not give you full functionality while you are out of the office, they can still be of great value.
