In this video, I discuss important security practices for dental offices, specifically focusing on password management. I highlight the risks of using the same password everywhere and the benefits of using a password manager. I also explain the importance of…
Dental assistants dread having a patient in the chair and being unable to acquire xray images because of IT problems. It's uncomfortable for the patient, awkward for the hygienist, and slows patient care down. In some cases, computer and imaging…
Get the Servers off the floor. Pretty much everything is on the floor with the exception of (2) 24port patch panels, a few switches and a wireless access point. The equipment has to be climbed over to reach anything and…
This office had no "network closet" and everything was in the Doctors office.. Doctor's office held all the network cables, switches and server. The internet and phone system was in a different part of the building. Equipment was all located…
Undersized network board allows chaos. Before:--Cisco Gigabit Switch cooling fans sounded like coal mining operations--Waterfall of patch cables of varying lengths--Two switches due to lack of scalability--Second switch is 100mbps--Cisco 1000mbps switch not rack mounted due to excessive size--Battery backup…
I love granite. I think every dental office should have as much of it as they can afford. But what if you don't own the building? Should you still spend $60/sf to have granite? No way. Put the expensive granite…
A client decided to remodel this old Operatory and rather than have several vendors handle different parts we just took on the whole job. At this point in the job we have covered the equipment in plastic, scraped down the…
Actually, no plumber should be in dentistry until they wash their hands but what I really mean is that some of these plumbing jobs look terrible. We IT guys pride ourselves in labeling and organizing our network equipment, cables and…
We used a FLIR thermal camera to test the thermal load on various things in the office and found that IT guys are just as hot as a monitor but not as hot as coffee. We rarely need this FLIR…
