Biscom Announces DiNet —The Dental Imaging Network

A solution for dentists that provides secure electronic delivery of
dental images and patient records

Boston, Massachusetts—Yankee Dental Congress® 34 (Booth 2611) —Thursday 29, 2009—Biscom a 22-year leader in document communications technology, today announced the commencement of market trials for DiNet—a new secure communications platform that is specifically focused on the needs of the dental health industry. DiNet will provide secure electronic delivery of dental images and patient records.

With the rapid transition from film to digital imaging, the dental health industry needs to ensure proper transmission of electronic images and patient records. Biscom is working closely with dentists to help further define this new platform by participating in market trials, offered at the Yankee Dental Congress, and on its Web site, dinet.biscom.com, at no cost to them.

The platform incorporates several of Biscom’s major technologies including traditional and high-definition Internet fax, secure file delivery, and file conversion. DiNet works from within dentists’ already existing practice management and dental imaging systems, making it easy for them to adopt the solution.

"DiNet builds on our long and successful track record in the healthcare industry," said Don Dunning, C.E.O. of Biscom.“ Just as we have helped thousands of doctors improve the efficiency of their medical practices with our other healthcare solutions, DiNet will keep records secure, provide fast reliable delivery and help dentists comply with HIPAA and other state privacy regulations. DiNet is a natural progression for Biscom with its proven solutions for electronic delivery and fulfillment of pharmacy orders, medical billing, insurance claims, clinical scheduling, and medical records communication,” added Dunning.

Dentists may need to provide patient records and images for a variety of reasons, including:

• Providing information to specialists
• Sending appointment reminders to patients
• Assisting in legal claims or forensics

In all cases, the patients’ privacy must be protected, the images must be accurate when they arrive, and the information needs to be delivered quickly. However, current methods used by many dental offices to transfer information may not provide all the benefits that DiNet provides. For instance, Email transfer is easy but it doesn’t meet HIPAA standards or state data encryption regulations, using a courier is costly, regular mail is slow. Faxes scanned and transmitted through conventional fax machines are fast and reliable, but with image distortion resulting from the manual scanning process.

Because DiNet is integrated with a printer driver within a Dental office’s existing dental imaging and practice management systems, documents can be transmitted directly from within those systems. DiNet offers three convenient ways to communicate:

• Real-time, point-to-point, secure image transfer through Biscom’s high-definition Internet fax (HD-IPFax).
• Email-directed secure file transfer through Biscom Delivery Sever.
• Conventional fax via Biscom’s FAXCOM Anywhere hosted fax services.
  

Recipients of the information do not need to have the DiNet software installed to obtain their documents. However, with the software installed, senders can scan documents as well as view documents from imaging systems and select only what they want to send, as well as sending point-to-point real time delivery over a patent-pending high-definition Internet fax protocol developed by Biscom.

For more information:
Dentists and their staff wishing to participate in the free market trial can get information by visiting dinet.biscom.com or calling Biscom at 800-477-2472 or 978-250-1800.

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About Biscom, Inc.
Biscom was founded in 1986 and pioneered the fax server marketplace, providing many of the world's largest organizations with its award-winning FAXCOM fax servers. In addition to enterprise fax server products, Biscom also offers hosted fax services, secure file transfer and messaging solutions, file conversion software, and document workflow and automation tools. The company is headquartered in Chelmsford, Massachusetts.

Biscom provides healthcare communications solutions to thousands of clinical practitioners worldwide as well as both healthcare providers and payers such as the Mayo Clinic, CVS CareMark, Mercy Health System, and the St. Francis Medical Center. The company’s products integrate with electronic medical record (EMR) systems and are offered in conjunction with solutions from partners that include GE Medical Systems, Siemens, and McKesson.

© 2009 Biscom, Inc. DiNet is a trademark of Biscom, Inc. FAXCOM is a registered trademark of Biscom, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders. All rights reserved.