Matthew Allen

Jul 29, 2024 | jamanetwork.com | Matthew Allen |Altman Clinical

Health care has expanded from the bedside to the desktop in the form of secure messaging via patient portals. At Kaiser Permanente, for instance, message exchanges increased 10-fold over a decade, comprising 25% of all primary care services.1,2 Concurrently, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services have adapted billing options for messaging, provided they involve medical decision-making and 5 minutes of clinician time.

Jun 13, 2024 | dentistrytoday.com | Matthew Allen

Megan Weisenberger, DMD, discusses implementing a new treatment method into her practice. Q: Please provide an overview of your career in dentistry. A: After graduating from Case Western in 2010, I returned to Cincinnati, initially as an associate, before acquiring my fee-for-service practice in 2017. It’s fully digitalized, including PrimeScan (Dentsply Sirona). Q: When and why did you begin working with SureSmile Clear Aligners (Dentsply Sirona)?

Jun 13, 2024 | dentistrytoday.com | Matthew Allen

Patterson Companies announced that it will hold its fiscal 2024 fourth-quarter and year end conference call on Tuesday, June 18, 2024, at 7:30 a.m. CT (8:30 a.m. ET). The company’s earnings release will be issued that morning before the market opens. To access the live webcast, go to the investor relations section of the company’s website, www.PattersonCompanies.com.

Jun 13, 2024 | dentistrytoday.com | Matthew Allen

Alex Sanders, DDS, PhD, founder of Diagnocat AI, explores the profound impact of AI on dentistry and advocates for its adoption to enhance patient care. Q: Will AI replace dentists? A: During a practical course about our AI software at a leading dental clinic, a radiology technician expressed concerns about losing her job to AI. And she’s not alone in that feeling.

Jun 13, 2024 | dentistrytoday.com | Matthew Allen

In the realm of oral health care, where patient satisfaction holds paramount importance, the concept of net promoter score (NPS) has gained significant traction in the past few years, sitting alongside Google reviews as the way most organizations and practices measure patient experience (if they measure patient experience at all). While these metrics provide valuable insights into overall patient sentiment, they fall short when it comes to truly understanding and improving the patient journey.