Why smart dental practices don’t run servers

I recently spoke to one of our customers who is one of the most tech-savvy healthcare professionals I’ve ever met. He told me something that was quite surprising, but actually very obvious in hind-sight. He knows a lot about databases and servers so I thought he would be the prime sort of dentist to enjoy running a server in his practice, so I asked him why he and his practice moved over to Dentally.

He told me that the tools a practice use to care for patients, should never get in the way of providing that care.

He told me that the tools a practice use to care for patients, should never get in the way of providing that care. This should be the mantra of all healthcare professionals. He went on to say the choice was really a no-brainer, why should he be spending his time or his money paying an IT support company to run a server in a cupboard in a dental practice?

This is especially true when today there are servers being operated in tailor-made data centers all over the world operated by experts such as Amazon who have whole teams dedicated to the management and care of those servers. The internet is a truly great invention that has facilitated the distribution of tools and services all over the world. Dental practices are no longer limited by having their data in the same building as them, constrained by aging server technologies. This constrained approach is a case of truly antiquated tradition born out of a lack of technological sophistication and in fact these networks are often less secure than today’s distributed networks.

Dental practices are no longer limited by having their data in the same building as them, constrained by aging server technologies.

It is clear to today’s smart practice that their focus should be 100% on patient care where they are enabled by the best tools available to them, rather than constrained by the old ones.

With Dentally you can spend more time with your patients.

Let us show you how.

-Ben