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Management Services ( IMS ) team to leverage technology to increase efficiencies and capture more useful data . The team installed LM Dental cabinets , which allow faculty , staff and students to swipe their ID cards and check out the equipment they need , when they need it . This involved close coordination with the Assistant Director of Compliance , Training , and IMS to reduce touch points by his staff and automate the equipment check-in / check-out process . LM Dental was instrumental in helping the team design workflows and select the appropriate amount of technology to streamline processes . The web-based system allows them to manage everything from instrument kits and intraoral sensors , and scanners to laptops , and classroom technology kits .
“ Imagine having to write down every single piece of equipment or enter parts into a spreadsheet when you check something out as a student provider or dental dispensary employee . Prior to integrating the LM-Dental Tracking System , the student and dispensary workflow used outdated technology and involved lots of steps ,” said Idleman . “ Now , using RFID technology , most items , like dental materials , instruments , implant bags , laptops and classroom technology tools are tagged , checked-out , and tracked automatically .”
The technology allows students to easily use their ID badge to check equipment out and then return it by placing tagged equipment on an RFID scanner for easy check-in processing . This drastically reduces the amount of manual hand-offs and tracking .
It also allows IMS managers to run just-intime reports to see who has an instrument kit or piece of equipment . An implant bag can be tracked from the dispensary to a clinic and quickly documented in the electronic health record system seamlessly because of the LM Dental Tracking System . The tracking capabilities help manage
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