Launching a dental practice from scratch is a challenge, but your IT doesn’t have to be. New practices get the benefit of our 300+ installs and counting, from office design to patient entertainment and beyond. Our team is right by your side to set your practice up for success with seamless IT. Let’s get started!
A business-grade firewall, secured staff and guest WiFi, and network cabling planned around your floorplan.
A cloud phone system with your numbers, call routing, and voicemail ready before your first patient calls.
Practice management and imaging software set up in the cloud or on a secure on-site server, whichever fits your practice.
Professional email on your practice’s domain, with encryption for messages that include patient information.
Operatory technology planned early: workstation placement, monitors, patient-facing screens, and imaging connections.
Most new dental practices should start IT planning 4–6 months before opening day. Here’s what gets done, and when.
Secure, professional email on your practice’s domain, so vendors, insurance carriers, and new hires can reach you from day one.
Get your practice website live early so patients can find you before your doors open.
Claim and verify your Google Business Profile so the practice shows up in local search and Maps before opening day.
Decide between cloud-hosted practice software and an on-site server, then plan the hardware, backups, and security around that choice.
Reserve or port your numbers and set up call routing, voicemail, and hold messaging so the phones are ready when patients start calling.
Order business internet early, since provider install dates can take weeks, and coordinate the install with your construction schedule.
The 11 milestones of a typical dental startup build-out, from the first look at your floorplan to the day you see your first patient.
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Start 4–6 months before opening day. That leaves time to set up email, your website, and your Google Business Profile, choose between cloud-hosted and on-site software, and get internet and phone service ordered before construction wraps up.
Most new practices need a secure network with a business-grade firewall and WiFi, business internet, a VoIP phone system, practice management and imaging software (cloud-hosted or on a server), encrypted email, workstations for each operatory and the front desk, and low-voltage cabling to connect it all.
Yes, and the earlier the better. Our startup process begins once you have a floorplan, so network drops, monitors, and operatory technology can be planned before the walls close up.
Your network is built with HIPAA security safeguards, including a business-grade firewall, secured WiFi, and encrypted email. Those cover the technical side. Full HIPAA compliance also takes written policies, staff training, and a risk assessment, which Darkhorse Tech can help with through ourHIPAA compliance services.
Darkhorse Tech sets up IT for general dental, orthodontic, pediatric, and specialty practices.
Darkhorse Tech can stay on as yourmanaged IT teamafter go-live, with help desk support, network monitoring, backups, and support for your practice management and imaging software.
It depends on your number of operatories, your software choices, and the equipment you need. Schedule a consultation for a startup-specific quote, or see ourpricing pageto learn how our managed IT plans work.
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