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HENRY
SCHEIN WORKS WITH SIKKA SOFTWARE
HENRY
SCHEIN PRACTICE SOLUTIONS PROMOTES BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE SOLUTIONS IN THE DENTAL
PROFESSIONAL HEALTH MARKET
MELVILLE, N.Y. and MILPITAS, CA – July 24, 2008 - Henry Schein, Inc. (NASDAQ:
HSIC), the largest provider of healthcare products and services to office-based
practitioners in the combined North American and European markets, will collaborate
with Sikka Software Corporation (www.sikkasoft.com)
to provide Henry Schein’s customers with further optimization of business
intelligence and financials based on the unique capabilities of Sikka Software’s
product offering, which includes Dental Practice Optimizer®, Clinical Practice Optimizer™,
Fee Optimizer Fee Schedule Optimizer®, and HotOptimize®.
“Henry
Schein is committed to providing our customers with superior, integrated solutions
that enable increased efficiency and higher productivity,” said Kevin Bunker, Vice
President and General Manager of Henry Schein Practice Solutions. “Sikka’s
software products complement Henry Schein’s practice management solutions product
offering and expands upon our innovative technology and services.”
“Sikka’s
software products will support customers of Henry Schein’s industry-leading practice
management systems, including Dentrix®, Easy Dental®, Dentrix Enterprise®, DentalVision™,
EndoVision™, and OMSVision™, by providing critical intelligence in vital areas of
their practice, particularly by showing return on investment in marketing, patients,
fees and insurance in an easy-to-use format,” said Vijay Sikka, CEO & President
of Sikka Software Corporation. “This information allows dental professionals
to make informed decisions that boost the performance of their business and support
quality patient care.”
About Dental Practice Optimizer
Dental
Practice Optimizer (DPO) is available in the
United States
,
Canada
,
United Kingdom
and
Australia
and is a business intelligence tool with an easy-to-use traffic light color-coded
dashboard. The program allows the dentist to click and drill down into problem areas.
Key features and benefits of DPO include the following:
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Real time
practice vital signs and fee analysis.
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Practice
valuation, patient payment, attrition, and accounts receivable analysis.
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One-click
analysis of more than seven types of embezzlement.
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Insurance
to cash revenue analysis, marketing analysis and goal planning.
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Emergency
management and continuing education management.
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Real time
analysis of cash flow and geographical maps analysis of patient and referral demographics.
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Regulatory
module, license repository and support management.
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Integrated
Fee Optimizer Fee Schedule Optimizer® and Accounts Receivable Management System®.
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Business
insurance analysis and patient analysis.
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Automatically
reads data from practice management system, including all Henry Schein Practice
Solutions products.
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Integrate
with major financial systems.
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Real time
analysis and daily and monthly updates customized to dentist’s preference.
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About Sikka Software
Sikka Software
Corporation was incorporated in early 2004 with the intention of providing best
of class business optimization and intelligence software solutions to dental and
healthcare community.
Sikka Software
Corporation products, with 2800 installations help dentists and their teams understand
and maximize business profitability with best fee schedules and marketing campaigns,
as well as analyses of return on investment, patients, insurance, supplies, and
demographics. Sikka Software Corporation is transforming the face of small
business healthcare business and clinical optimization.
A privately-held
company, Sikka Software is headquartered in
Milpitas
,
California
with offices in the
United States
and in
India
. More information may be found at
www.sikkasoft.com.
About Henry Schein
Henry Schein,
a Fortune 500® company and a member of the NASDAQ 100® Index, is recognized for
its excellent customer service and highly competitive prices. The Company's
four
business
groups – Dental, Medical, International and Technology – serve more than 550,000
customers worldwide, including dental practitioners and laboratories, physician
practices and animal health clinics, as well as government and other institutions.
The Company operates through a centralized and automated distribution network, which
provides customers in more than 200 countries with a comprehensive selection of
more than 90,000 national and Henry Schein private-brand products in stock, as well
as more than 100,000 additional products available as special-order items.
Henry Schein
also offers a wide range of innovative value-added practice solutions for healthcare
professionals, such as ArubA®, the Company’s electronic catalog and ordering system.
Its leading practice-management software solutions have a user base of more
than 52,000 practices, including DENTRIX®, Easy Dental®, Oasis® and EXACT® for dental
practices, MicroMD® for physician practices, and AVImark® for animal health clinics.
Headquartered
in
Melville, N.Y.
, Henry Schein employs more than 12,000 people and has operations or affiliates
in 20 countries. The Company's net sales reached a record $5.9 billion in
2007. For more information, visit the Henry Schein Web site at www.henryschein.com.
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