What is QSINET?

QSINET is a World Wide Web site designed specifically to enable dental practitioners to benefit from the unique capabilities of the Internet. QSINET delivers a broad range of services, and links your practice into the rapidly-growing electronic commerce network that is developing on the Internet. QSINET provides continuing dental education, supply ordering, and links to practice marketing and dental consulting services in addition to many other valuable dental web sites. One of the most exciting services available through QSINET is NetDDS.

What is ?

NetDDS is a revolutionary system for managing your dental practice-a QSI Dental System that you can access via the Internet. NetDDS is easy-to-use, minimizes your office automation costs, and connects your practice to your patients and payors. Your practice is given Internet access to a separate, secure database on a QSI Dental System computer maintained by QSI, saving your practice significant investment dollars.

Do I get full practice management functionality with ?

Yes. NetDDS delivers all the functionality you expect from a practice management system: insurance processing, treatment planning, appointment scheduling, patient billing, receivables and collections, and comprehensive management reporting.

What do I get from that my current software doesn't give me?

With NetDDS, you get so much more than "standard" practice management system functionality. Since it operates over the Internet, your practice becomes connected to the extensive and growing electronic commerce network. NetDDS links your practice into the "3-P Connection" - Providers, Patients, and Payors. NetDDS connects them all together through the Internet, providing the ultimate in practice automation.

The NetDDS connection with payors allows you to submit insurance claims electronically, speeding payments and greatly reducing the paper processing that normally would have to be done in your office; it also provides the ability to electronically submit utilization and encounter data for participating plans. Future plans for NetDDS include on-line insurance and managed care benefits and fee schedules as well as patient eligibility verification.

The NetDDS connection with patients improves your communication with them: you can submit electronic patient statements, again saving time and labor; you can e-mail appointment reminder notices, treatment recalls, referral letters, or any other communication to patients who have e-mail addresses. QSINET will in the future allow your practice to design and publish your own home page on the Internet to better market your services.

How easy is to learn and use?

NetDDS is probably the easiest practice management system to learn and use. For QSI, the foremost design priority has been to make NetDDS very intuitive to the user with software that follows routine business processes (e.g., begin day, patient check-in and check-out, appointment scheduling and retrieval, revenue collection, and others). Each screen clearly guides the user through the proper procedures, and all the buttons and links are labeled clearly.

Secondly, NetDDS performs most of the system processing functions for you, such as electronic claims submission, electronic statements processing, and automated after-hours report generation. This lowers the learning curve, and allows you and your staff to spend more time focusing on your patients.

What staffing needs will I have with ?

NetDDS was designed to be very user-friendly and easy-to-use, with much of the system processing removed from the dental office and handled for you by QSI. In fact, if your practice uses the NetDDS to its full potential, you should actually find that your staff time is reduced, since many of the functions they now perform using an in-house practice management system or your current manual processes are either simplified or fully-automated by using NetDDS.

What hardware and software do I need to access QSINET?

Getting started on QSINET is very easy! All you need is a personal computer with a modem and printer, Netscape Navigator(tm) Version 3.0 (or version 2.0) or Microsoft(tm) Explorer Version 3.0 web browser software, and an account with an Internet Service Provider. In fact, since you are already accessing the World Wide Web, you can start enjoying the benefits of QSINET right now! In order to benefit from the features of QSINET with minimum time delays, QSI highly recommends the IBM Global Network as our preferred ISP. Based on initial testing and client feedback, use of QSINETover the IBM Global Network has demonstrated faster response times and more reliable transmissions than from other Internet Service Providers. If you are experiencing slow or unreliable Internet connection with your current ISP, the IBM Global Network may be a beneficial alternative.

How much does QSINET cost?

QSINET was specifically developed to make the rich functionality of the QSI Dental System software very affordable, even for the solo dentist. Your practice pays just $399 per month to access QSINET for up to three dentists; each additional dentist pays $50 per month. There are no purchase fees for the QSINET software. No monthly maintenance fees. And since the QSINET system is so easy to use, your implementation and training needs will be minimal.

Please refer to the QSINet Pricing sheets for details on the charges associated with QSINET.

Access to all the services of QSINET, including our industry leading practice management system, at these rates is an incredible value! QSI automatically charges the fees each month to your credit card - there is no need for processing invoices or writing checks.

Can I access QSINET from home or while I'm traveling?

Yes! One of the many great benefits of QSINET is global access. No matter where you are - at home, away on business, or on vacation - if you can access the Internet, you can access QSINET. This means you're never more than a quick modem call away from your key NetDDS practice data, or any of our other services.

What type of response time can I expect using QSINET?

The QSINET software was designed to minimize data transfers, preventing the delays that occasionally may be experienced on the Internet. Moreover, QSI has formed an alliance with IBM Global Network to make them our preferred Internet Service Provider. We highly recommend the IBM Global Network for your Internet connection. Based on initial testing and client feedback, use of QSINETover the IBM Global Network has demonstrated faster response times and more reliable transmissions than from other Internet Service Providers.