THE STUDIO BLOG

Practice technology, explained plainly.

Planning guides for dental offices: cabling, servers, Wi-Fi, cameras and backups. Written for the doctor, not the IT guy.

Plan the cabling before the drywall goes up

A data drop costs a fraction while the studs are open. Here is what to lock in before framing inspection, room by room.

Dentrix and Eaglesoft want a server in the rack. Curve and Ascend don’t. How to tell which camp you’re in and what it means for the network.

When the main line drops, claims, phones and card payments stop. A cellular backup switches over in seconds.

Entrances, the front desk, hallways and the rack. Never operatories, restrooms or private offices.

Scanners and tablets move around the office. A coverage map shows the dead spots before a scan drops mid-case.

Slow charts, a server nobody can find and backups nobody has tested. What to fix first in an existing practice.

We don’t sell hardware or software. Here’s how we choose what goes on your plan.

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