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Praktika is an Australian online dental Practice Management Software package. It is developed and distributed by Lizard Software Pty.Ltd - a software engineering company for Melbourne, Australia, member of ADIA. Praktika was first released in 2007. It follows the Software as a Service SaaS model of distribution.
Praktika is a cross platform application capable or running on most popular operating systems: Windows, Mac OS X, Linux. It works through a web browser including Chrome, Safari, Internet Explorer, Firefox and Opera.
Key Features
- Scheduler - Appointment Book
- Patient Directory
- Reports including Advanced Reporting (analysis tools)
- Imaging - working with digital images (X-Rays)
- Restorative and Periodontal Charting
- Patient Communication including 2-Way SMS messaging system
- Accounting
- Full integration with HICAPS
Being an Internet-based application Praktika has a number of advantages over the tradition client-server software.
- software and data are available 24/7 from any location with the Internet connection
- any computer from the box is ready to run Praktika - no software installations or setups are necessary
- backups are automatic and are centralised
- it is more secure (theft, fire, data-corruption).
- it is instantly ready for multi-location practices
- it is more affordable: there is no acquisition cost and there are no separate licences to run the package. Support is also included in the subscription.
Praktika is a module based application. Module sets are configurable and customisable.
Some modules are available as mobile apps for iPad and iPhone. Full iPad functionality is currently under development.
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