National Study Reveals Gaps in Dental Patient Care and Unclaimed Revenues

              From Lost, Unfulfilled Referrals to Specialists

  Streamlined Referral System Provides Solution by Sending, Receiving and

                         Tracking Referrals Online



    DELTONA, Fla., July 28 /EMWNews/ -- Created by a dentist for the

dental community, PatientsCount.com ( http://www.PatientsCount.com ) is the

newly-launched online referral system that provides the ideal solution to

ensure optimized revenue for dental specialists and is an easy-to-use

business tool for general dentists to improve patient care. With a faster

and more reliable referral process, medical errors caused by illegible

writing or incomplete information are reduced, and patients no longer have

to experience delays in treatment plans.



    Dr. Michael Zerivitz, D.D.S. and CEO and founder of PatientsCount.com,

created the service in response to a recent survey conducted by Kelton

Research, which revealed that lost, unfulfilled and discarded referrals

adversely affect patients by leading to larger health concerns and result

in lost revenue of up to $5,000 per patient for dental specialists.



    "I know all too well from firsthand experience over the last 30 years

that the current referral process is woefully inefficient," exclaimed

Zerivitz. "The Kelton study served to confirm my desire to create and

launch a system that effectively addressed this problem. PatientsCount.com

is the solution that enables dentists and specialists to communicate and

refer patients in a fast, easy and secure manner. As a result, specialists

can track each referral in real time and personally follow up with patients

to ensure they receive proper treatment."



    PatientsCount.com is designed to solve the most common referral

problems by allowing specialists to receive and track referrals and send

progress updates in a way that is easy, fast and HIPAA compliant:



    -- Dentists simply log on to the PatientsCount.com secure Web site, and

when it's time to make a referral, just click on Instant Referral and

choose the type of specialty office the patient needs.



    -- The dentist then completes the Electronic Referral Slip containing

the patient's name and contact information and selects the appropriate

boxes for patient care. Digital x-rays, intra-oral photos and perio

charting can be attached to the Electronic Referral Slip as well.



    -- Finally, the referral is sent securely to the chosen specialist and

a print version can be shared with the patient.



    Once referred by a dentist, the patient's information is available on

the PatientsCount.com system in a secure, easy-to-read and easy-to-access

format. Specialists receive referrals instantly through the secure

PatientsCount.com Web site and have access to digital x-rays, notes and

instructions for patient care. Following the procedure, specialists can

then immediately communicate with the referring dentist by using

PatientsCount.com to send secure progress reports.



    To receive additional information and pre-register for the

PatientsCount.com referral system, please visit http://www.PatientsCount.com .

    About PatientsCount.com Referral Systems, LLC



    Founded in 2007 by Michael A. Zerivitz, D.D.S., PatientsCount.com is a

Web-based doctor-to-doctor referral system that simplifies and streamlines

the referring process for general practitioners, specialists and their

staffs -- making it easier than ever before. PatientsCount.com is dedicated

to preventing the larger health issues that can result from unfulfilled

dental referrals, and uses secure Internet communications to help general

dentists refer patients to specialists in a way that is easy, accurate,

fast and HIPAA compliant. By allowing general dentists and specialists to

send, track and receive referrals online, dentists can be certain the

chosen specialist will receive the referral, resulting in better patient

care, faster treatment time, and the improvement of vital record keeping.

To view a demo of PatientsCount.com referral system capabilities, please

visit http://www.PatientsCount.com .