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"I want you to know how happy I am to be a client. Your unique and innovative software has been vital to the success of my practice. I never doubted that AOS could deliver what was promised, but it has exceeded my expectations."

Colorado Orthodontist 
(Name upon request)

 

 

"We have been on Program Director for 4 years  and I am pleased to write this letter of recommendation for Program Director and AOS support."

Janet D. Pappas, DMD
Patricia M. Tapley, DMD

 


INNOVATION

Innovation is an often misused term. For that reason, Advanced Ortho Systems, LLC wants you to know exactly what is meant when we (and others) apply this term to our company and its philosophy, products, and services.

At Advanced Ortho, innovation means:

 'The successful exploitation of ideas to create and introduce new dimensions of performance that enable orthodontists to change and improve how they organize, operate, and manage their practices.'

If you read the testimonials from our users (or talk to them) you will learn that they often use the word innovation in describing our software, our Internet Program Delivery, and the unique services we offer them. And if you will investigate all these things for yourself, we believe you will agree the description is valid: We are truly innovators in the rapidly growing field of dental information technology.

 CONSIDER THIS:
Advanced Ortho founder and CEO Charles A. Lewis was the first to (1) recognize the future need for paperless operations (1991); (2) provide software to make being paperless possible (1994); (3) have articles published on the subject (1996); and (4) introduce Internet Program Delivery to make such operations more efficient (2003). Clearly, this qualifies him as a true innovator in the orthodontic software industry!

WHAT WE DO

Advanced Ortho develops, markets, and supports Program Director, a comprehensive, fully integrated orthodontic software. Capable of paperless operation, Program Director can be used over the Internet from our high-tech datacenter, or on a server in your office.

Windows-based orthodontic management software from some companies have critical limitations. For instance, two well-known Windows programs can open only one patient record at a time, negating the primary purpose of the Windows operating system. Our open-architecture Windows XP software has none of these limitations.

An exceptionally stable program, in nine years of operation Program Director has never caused a system crash! This Ortho software (a) integrates the ancillary systems used in the practice; (b) it allows paperless operation; and (c) Advanced Ortho provides timely and efficient technical support for the program.

HOW OUR COMPANY ACHIEVED SUCCESS

We became successful by accomplishing one very important mission: Making orthodontic practice management easier and doing it cost-effectively! Here is what orthodontists typically say they want from a management software company:

ü Well-designed, reasonably-priced, stable, and scalable software that is constantly enhanced to meet the changing needs of the practice.
ü Delivery systems and services that help remove the burden and high costs of operating and maintaining increasingly complicated office networks.
ü Software that integrates with the ancillary systems used by the office so that paperless operations can be attained as evolving technologies become available.
ü Technical support that is available when needed; not hours or days later.
ü Orthodontic practice management software that is highly user definable, yet easy to learn and use.
ü Complete training on how to use the orthodontic practice management software.

Our clients will confirm (we gladly provide extensive references) that we consistently meet all these requirements and the following is a brief overview of how this is accomplished:

  • Our CEO is an innovator with extensive knowledge vis-à-vis paperless healthcare operations.


Charles A. Lewis

Charles' reputation as an innovator began thirty years ago as CEO of a company that managed medical practices and clinics. He has developed, owned, and managed hospital-adjacent medical centers with pharmacies and optical shops. He also owned and operated long term nursing care facilities; and served on the boards of a physician-owned healthcare provider and a state nursing home association.

He has been in the orthodontic software business for seventeen years and is the industry's leading authority and most published author on paperless operation and Internet-based software. During 1997-98, his regular column "The Practice Automation Advisor" appeared in Orthodontic Products magazine.

His articles on paperless operations, practice automation, and Internet-based management software delivery are published internationally. Charles also frequently lectures on these subjects at seminars and dental colleges throughout the United States.

Charles' achievements over the years have made him a subject of biographical record in the following Marquis' publications: Who's Who in the World; Who's Who in America; Who's Who in Finance & Industry, and Who's Who in the Midwest.

  • We provide state-of-the-art software and ensure that it remains that way. Program Director is open-architecture Windows-based orthodontic practice management software using the latest version of Visual FoxPro, a Microsoft programming language and database with proven reliability. Program Director is enhanced up to four times each year to take advantage of evolving technologies and new versions are released every 3 years.
     
  • We provide these innovative solutions:

    1. Internet Program Delivery (IPD): Advanced Ortho is the only orthodontic company delivering full-functioning software (not a limited-feature web version) from its own state-of-the-art datacenter.
    2. User Definability: In paperless operations, the Ortho software manages essentially every activity in the office. To avoid the practice having to conform its operations to the way the software functions, we designed the most user definable orthodontic practice management software ever released!
    3. Paperless Operation: Program Director allows paperless operation.
    4. Stability: In its 9-year operating history, Program Director has never crashed!
    5. Integration: Program Director integrates all the computerized tools normally used in the practice.
    6. Training: Initial training is provided onsite; recurrent training sessions are conducted via the Internet.
    7. Operating Multi Specialty Practices: The orthodontic version of Program Director can be combined with Advanced Dentals' (an affiliate company) dental specialty programs for operation in a single system. This reduces acquisition / operational costs and eliminates redundant data entries.
    8. Scalability: Program Director can never be outgrown.
       

  • We furnish instant technical support! Support is provided from 8:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, via a toll-free telephone number. Call during support hours and you immediately talk to a technician. We also offer affordable network and system services (provided remotely) that are not available from any of our competitors. (See Services page.)

CLIENT RELATIONSHIPS

Advanced Ortho is a client-centered company focused on fostering trust and long-term business relationships with orthodontists around the world. The company's rapid growth is a direct result of these satisfied clients recommending us to others.

Read about the kind of relationship we have with clients in a December 2003 article, 'The Road to Paperless Nirvana' written by Hugh R. Phillis, DMD and published in the Orthodontic Cyberjournal.
 


 If you are evaluating software, we invite you to schedule an online demonstration of Program Director. Demonstrations are provided by trainers and after a brief overview the demo session will consist of whatever you want to see.

Compare Program Director to other programs and then talk to our users. You will be glad that you did!