Exploring Future Directions: 5 Trends Shaping Dental Service Organizations

There has been a discernible change in the structure of dental practices as dentistry advances. Dentists are increasingly joining dental service organizations (DSOs), a type of group practice, as opposed to operating their own clinics.
The American Dental Association (ADA) reports that plans by dental school graduates to join DSOs have more than doubled from 12% in 2015 to 30% by 2020. The ADA also notes that solo ownership of practices has decreased by nearly 15% between 1999 and 2021, indicating an acceleration of consolidation attempts.
Regardless of the size of your DSO or the group practice you oversee, it's critical to stay up to date on these changes. The environment of the dental service organization is rapidly changing.

Maintaining Competitiveness and Capitalizing on Opportunities: The Significance of Monitoring DSO Patterns for Dental Companies

DCS, a company that helps dentists handle their money, understands how important it is for dentists to keep up with advancements in the dentistry industry. There will be five major changes to dental service organizations in the near future that will have a big impact on how dentists operate with more technology and provide better patient experiences during dental visits.

Increasing Digital Technology Integration in Administrative and Clinical Procedures

Dental service organizations (DSOs) are preparing to use digital technology to improve the quality of care they provide to the dental practices they purchase. It is anticipated that these companies will use a range of digital tools, including:

• Health records in electronic form

• Telemedicine

• Design with the aid of computers

The goal of integrating this technology is to improve patient care and streamline dental assistance organizations' administrative processes. In order to reduce the amount of manual administrative labor required in dental offices, DSOs also seek to increase the use of automated technologies. Increased dependence on technology will guarantee accuracy while simultaneously improving efficiency. Therefore, lowering administrative process errors will also lower security concerns.
Multiplying the human element across multiple dental practices that dental service organizations (DSOs) have purchased is something to think about. Not only can this multiplication raise security issues, but also:

• Concerns about HIPAA compliance

• mistakes that lead to insurance claims being rejected

• reduction in income

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