This Integrated Cloud Email Security (ICES) application is a cloud-based email security solution that supplements the native security of cloud email providers (such as Microsoft 365) using advanced detection techniques to identify malicious emails and suspicious activity.
ICES empowers organizations to identify and address email security vulnerabilities to better defend against today’s threats, such as Business Email Compromise, AI-crafted Phishes, Deepfake media, and more. For partners, this solution provides a valuable addition to their offerings, enhancing their ability to deliver comprehensive security solutions to customers.
Integrated Email Security Solution
The VIPRE Integrated Email Security Solution offers organizations a powerful, all-in-one defense system against today’s most persistent email-based threats. Combining advanced AI-powered detection, comprehensive protection of internal emails, real-time threat intelligence, automated policy enforcement, and seamless Microsoft 365 integration, this comprehensive solution helps businesses protect sensitive communications, block malicious content, and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.
“We are proud to deliver a fully integrated email security solution that empowers organizations to stay protected against the ever-evolving email threat landscape, without sacrificing simplicity,” said Oliver Paterson, director, product management, at VIPRE Security Group. “In a time when email remains the number one attack vector, this solution ensures our customers have the layered, adaptive protection needed to outpace evolving threats.”
The VIPRE Integrated Email Security Solution is available as a standalone service or as part of VIPRE’s broader suite of cybersecurity offerings. Its flexible deployment and integration capabilities support organizations in building a unified, layered security strategy tailored to their evolving business needs.
As sugar consumption rises and dental visits become increasingly expensive, nearly 3.5 billion people worldwide struggle with oral diseases. The dental industry faces mounting pressure to increase manufacturing efficiency, particularly in markets where centralized manufacturing is becoming the norm.
Today, Novenda Technologies announces $6.1m in funding to transform dental product manufacturing with its revolutionary multi-material 3D printing technology. This innovative solution aims to make high-quality dental care better, more aesthetically pleasing, accessible and affordable.
The $6.1m Series A funding round was led by Brightlands Venture Partners with participation from KBC Focus Fund (Belgium), Borski Fund (NL) and Limburg Business Development Fund/LIOF (NL) as well as a group of angel investors and an Innovation Credit from RVO.
Novenda Technologies was founded in 2019 by Klaas Wiertzema, Petra Doelman and Joost Anne Veerman following intensive market research and collaboration with dental professionals. The founders conducted extensive consultations with dentists, dental technicians, and other stakeholders to develop the right solution for the market.
By 2021, the company had installed its first printer at the High Tech Campus in Eindhoven, achieving its first multi-material print using its proprietary software and materials. This milestone marked the beginning of an intensive development process, leading to a successful proof of concept for nightguards and dentures in 2023.
The company’s full stack technology enables the manufacturing of more comfortable, natural-looking dental products that combine hard materials for protection with soft materials for comfort – all in a single piece. This represents a fundamental shift in dental product manufacturing.
While traditional methods require manual assembly and post-processing, the company’s platform combines multiple materials seamlessly in a single print run, using water-soluble supports that dissolve with a simple tap water wash. Most significantly, Novenda Technologies has developed smart print modes that achieve precise layer control without mechanical rollers – a limitation that causes ink contamination and restricted colour capabilities in competing systems.
Klaas Wiertzema, CEO and co-founder of Novenda Technologiescommented: “The combination of water-soluble support and the absence of mechanical interventions to compensate for imprecisions ensures unprecedented long-term accuracy and eliminates the need for extensive post-processing. This is particularly important in a world where dental technicians are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive.”
The platform’s impact is already evident. Its innovative colour management algorithm achieves unlimited colour possibilities using just a few base colours, while maintaining superior mechanical properties that ensure products won’t break during use.
The system can produce up to 15 nightguards and 8 dentures per hour, making it ideal for mid-size and large dental labs. While Novenda’s LD100 printer represents a one-time investment, the LD100 works exclusively with its own materials to ensure quality and biocompatibility, generating recurring revenue while maintaining strict quality standards.
The timing of Novenda’s solution coincides with a significant shift in the dental industry. The workflow for producing dental prostheses is becoming increasingly digital, with oral scanners replacing manual impressions.
However, existing manufacturing techniques haven’t kept pace with this digital transformation, often requiring substantial manual intervention. In several countries, this challenge is driving a trend toward centralized manufacturing facilities, where Novenda’s automated platform will have a huge impact.
Olga Goor, Investment Manager at Brightlands Venture Partners, added: “As lead investor, Brightlands Venture Partners is proud to support Novenda Technologies in this next phase of growth. Their multi-material jetting technology is a breakthrough in digital dentistry, enabling scalable, high-precision manufacturing with minimal waste and post-processing. This innovation not only sets a new quality standard for dental products but also enhances affordability of dental care for patients that are unable to afford alternatives currently available in the market. This will ultimately drive the transformation of the dental industry towards a more sustainable and equitable future.”
Novenda Technologies has built a team of 15 experts across physics, chemistry, material science, and software engineering. These disciplines work closely together in a spirit of collaboration and trust, rather than competition and control mechanisms.
The innovations are protected by multiple patents, with more in the pipeline. Early feedback from the industry has been exceptional, with experts noting that the surface finish and aesthetic appearance of Novenda’s night guards are “the best we have seen,” and some even suggesting that “multi-material jetting is the future in dental.”
“Having an idea for a disruptive technology is just the beginning. Realizing this vision requires the right people, the right drive, and the right team spirit,” added Klaas Wiertzema. “At Novenda, we don’t just say that people are our most important asset – we live it. We are deeply committed to fostering a culture that stimulates and supports our team, ensuring that every member is motivated and empowered to achieve the extraordinary. This drive for excellence is reflected in our approach to providing customers with the most reliable and user-friendly printers, combined with the best support they could wish for.”
Looking ahead, Novenda plans to expand its platform to other dental applications and eventually enter new markets where individualized mass manufacturing is key. The company’s immediate focus is on deploying its technology in large and mid size dental labs across Europe and the US, where its high-throughput, automated solution can help meet growing demand.
“At KBC Focus Fund, we invest in deep-tech companies that push the boundaries of innovation, and Novenda is a prime example of this. Their groundbreaking multi-material jetting technology has the potential to transform the dental industry by enabling cost-effective, high-quality production of dental products with minimal waste and post-processing. We are excited to support Novenda in this next phase of growth as they bring their pioneering solutions to market and redefine digital dentistry.” added Nuno Carvalho, Investment Director at KBC Focus Fund.
Walk into any modern dental practice and you’ll hear the familiar whirr of a high-speed drill, the muffled greetings behind N95 masks, and the steady hum of machines capturing 3D images of molars and molars-to-be. But just beyond the exam rooms, inside back offices and IT closets, a different kind of whirr grows louder—servers straining, inboxes pinging, firewalls blinking warnings.
Dentistry in 2025 is digital by default. But that digital transformation is exposing a harsh truth: technology is now as much a burden as it is a benefit for dental practices, and the gap between innovation and implementation is growing wider by the month.
Let’s step inside the practice and inside the pressure.
Cyber Threats: The Drill You Don’t Hear Coming
In early 2025, a mid-sized practice in Ohio was locked out of its patient scheduling system. A ransomware attack had breached a third-party imaging software vendor, and the infection had spread, fast. Patient records, insurance files, and imaging data were frozen. The front desk team had no access to patient schedules. Care came to a halt.
It wasn’t an isolated case. According to a recent analysis, dental practices are now prime targets for cybercriminals. Why? Their networks often house rich personal data but lack the IT budgets of hospitals or health systems. Many still don’t have multi-factor authentication enabled, and even fewer train front-desk staff to spot phishing emails.
As one IT director for a multi-location practice told us:
Too Much Tech, Too Little Integration
Back in the operatory, a dentist tries to access a patient’s x-ray scan taken minutes ago but the imaging software isn’t syncing with the EHR. Meanwhile, the billing platform is flagging mismatched codes from an earlier procedure, and the patient at the front desk wants to know why their mobile check-in didn’t register.
Sound familiar?
Dental practices are juggling dozens of platforms: scheduling tools, clinical documentation systems, claims processing apps, online review generators, imaging devices, and increasingly, AI-based diagnostic tools. But too often, these systems don’t talk to each other. Data is trapped in silos. Workflows get bogged down. Staff gets frustrated. Patients get delayed.
Despite the promise of all-in-one platforms, many practices feel like they’ve built a “tech Franken-system”—a mishmash of solutions duct-taped together.
Billing: The Back Office Black Hole
If clinical care is the front door, billing is the basement. And it’s flooding.
Dental billing in 2025 is more complex than ever. Insurance companies are leveraging AI to automate denials. Coding updates roll out frequently. And dental staff—already stretched thin—are expected to interpret vague payer rules with no room for error.
What’s worse, claims get stuck in limbo, and practices don’t always know why. As one practice manager vented:
“It’s like we’re fighting algorithms with guesswork. And the delay in payments? That hurts every week.”
To fight back, more practices are turning to AI themselves—automating claim reviews, flagging denial patterns, and even pre-screening procedures for insurance match likelihood. But adoption takes time, and not every office has the staff or budget to make that leap.
The Staffing Squeeze and the IT Domino Effect
Dental practices aren’t just short on hygienists and assistants—they’re critically short on front-desk talent. In 2025, more than half of dental practices report receptionist vacancies lasting three or more months.
The result? Missed calls. Slower intake. Frustrated patients. And a team under pressure.
The IT fallout is real. When practices can’t staff the desk, technology must fill in. Phone systems route calls to voicemail. Chatbots field basic questions. Appointment reminders become fully automated. But if those systems aren’t properly maintained or integrated, things slip through the cracks.
Chasing the Shiny Objects of Innovation
There’s no shortage of amazing tech on the horizon: AI that can detect cavities on x-rays faster than radiologists. 3D-printed crowns produced same-day. Augmented reality for dental education. But inside many practices, there’s barely enough bandwidth to maintain the basics, let alone pilot bleeding-edge innovation.
Most dentists we speak to are wary. Not of the tech itself—but of the operational strain that comes with adopting it. Implementation takes time. Training takes money. And results? They’re rarely immediate.
Patients Expect More And Notice When You Deliver Less
In the eyes of today’s patients, your tech is part of your brand. They expect mobile booking. They expect text reminders. They expect easy check-in and even easier follow-up. They expect security, speed, and transparency.
But many practices are still catching up. Outdated websites. No online booking. No mobile app. A broken review link. It doesn’t take much for a patient to look elsewhere and in today’s competitive market, they often do.
The Path Forward: Realism Over Hype
So where does this leave dental practices in 2025?
In a word: at a crossroads. The right technology—implemented well—can elevate a practice. But unchecked tech adoption without strategy will only lead to burnout, budget strain, and operational chaos.
If there’s one lesson from the practices we speak to every day, it’s this: Success isn’t about adopting more tools. It’s about choosing the right ones, integrating them smartly, and building a digital foundation that serves both patient and provider.
Because at the end of the day, dentistry is still a human profession. The tech should support it—not swallow it whole.
A single breach impacting any of the multiple cloud-based or internally connected tools, devices, and hardware and software solutions found in the typical dental practice or dental services organization (DSO) can put a stop to thousands of dollars of billings per day.
Add to that the cost of recovery and potential fines related to compliance issues if any of those devices or solutions touches patient information, and the outcome can be financially devastating.
For some, it is insurmountable.
Complicating the security environment for dental organizations is that the myriad of connected and interconnected technologies makes it impossible for a one-size-fits-all solution to adequately protect every mission-critical piece of dental equipment or software. Which is why an audit to identify and address security and cybersecurity vulnerabilities is a smart move for dental organizations of all sizes.
A uniquely vulnerable environment
Dental practices and DSOs are highly attractive targets for hackers and other nefarious cybersecurity actors. As a result, the industry experienced a 45% increase in data breaches since 2022.
There are several reasons why dental organizations are being targeted. Topping the list is the highly lucrative patient data they hold, including personal, banking, and insurance information, as well as the practice’s own financial and other information. Also at play is a perceived lack of robust security systems and limited employee training in security.
Once underway, the average hacking runs for 90 days, during which time hackers can plant malicious code, freely explore any accessible data, plan new ways to exploit stolen information, and identify inroads into connected systems outside the practice.
The threat level is high enough that the FBI in May 2024 warned the American Dental Association (ADA) and American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (AAOMS) about a credible, active cybersecurity threat to oral and maxillofacial surgical practices and expressed concern that general dental could eventually be targeted.
In terms of weaknesses, DSOs and dental practices face five primary cybersecurity vulnerabilities: phishing, ransomware, social engineering, fake software updates, and business email compromise (BEC). Security-wise, physical security and access control are the biggest problem areas, while other threats come in the form of financial fraud, insider threats, and identity theft.
The consequences of a successful breach are financial and reputational devastation, recovery from which can take years. If patient records are compromised, dental organizations could potentially face heavy fines ranging from $100-$50,000 for each HIPAA violation—not to mention loss of patient trust.
Marchex (NASDAQ: MCHX), which harnesses the power of AI and conversational intelligence to drive operational excellence and revenue acceleration, announced the launch of its innovative AI-powered signals, specifically designed to transform how dental practices understand and engage with their patients.
Its solutions go beyond surface-level data, offering actionable insights that help practices prioritize high-value appointments, tailor specific and targeted marketing efforts, and stay ahead of emerging patient needs.
Key Features of Marchex AI-Powered Signals:
Lead Category: Track whether patient conversations result in new or follow-up appointments, simplifying marketing-driven appointment attribution.
Lead Reason: Gain insights into why specific outcomes occur—such as routine cleanings or emergency care—to optimize campaigns and drive bookings.
Clustered Topics: Group inquiries by themes like practice hours, emergency services, or referrals to identify common patient needs and streamline operations.
Generative Topics: Detect emerging patient concerns in real-time, allowing practices to respond proactively to shifting demands.
Lead Value Indicators: Evaluate appointment potential—routine, emergency, or cosmetic—so teams can prioritize high-impact bookings and prove efficient ad spend.
Lead Value Score (coming soon): Practices will soon be able to classify appointments by value to focus on the most impactful patient interactions.
Why It Matters
Because dental practices operate in a competitive environment where understanding patient intent and acting on insights can make or break growth, Marchex’s AI solutions provide the precision and depth needed to drive better marketing ROI, improve patient engagement, and increase operational efficiency.
Marchex’s new dental-focused signals empower practices with actionable insights that go beyond traditional metrics. The solution helps dental practice teams focus on what matters most: providing exceptional patient care while growing their business.
Halo Dental Technologies, which is pushing dental practice innovation through the development of its digital mirror, announces that it has been honored with the prestigious Red Dot Award for “Design Concept 2024” for its groundbreaking product, the Halo Digital Mirror.
The only device of its kind, the Digital Mirror is set to transform dental care by enhancing patient communication, improving chairside diagnosis, and streamlining clinical workflows.
Crafted to innovate patient engagement, the Digital Mirror seamlessly integrates into dental practices, elevating patients’ comprehension of their care during procedures. The Digital Mirror empowers patients with visual aids for enhanced understanding and engagement in their care through high-quality images.
Exceptional Features and Benefits
Designed with the needs of both patients and dental professionals in mind, the Halo Digital Mirror offers a range of benefits:
Chairside Image Capture and Video Stream: The device streamlines patient education and treatment planning with effortless intraoral image capture and video streaming.
Streamlined Processes: It integrates a wide range of commonly used tools and processes into one handy device, designed for all-day use.
Enhanced Oral Cavity Visibility: Featuring integrated LED diffused light and a wide-angle camera, the mirror ensures improved, fog-free visibility for detailed examinations.
Durable Construction: Made of high-strength titanium and cassette autoclavable materials, the Halo Digital Mirror offers enduring durability without compromising on weight and feel, similar to conventional dental mirrors.
Transforming Dental Practices
The Halo Digital Mirror not only enhances patient communication and dental professional efficiency at the point of care but also improves overall customer care by reducing workflow interruptions and potentially lowering costs.
Professional Transition Strategies (PTS), a company that facilitates dental practice purchases and mergers & acquisitions, proudly unveils its latest venture Headwaters Practice Transitions. As a trusted leader in the dental mergers and acquisitions space, this expansion marks an exciting chapter in the company’s journey as it continues to grow and redefine dentistry.
Headwaters Practice Transitions is dedicated to serving smaller dental practices seeking personalized solutions for their transition needs. Headwaters Practice Transitions caters primarily to doctor-owners who aspire to sell their practices to another practitioner.
“As the industry continues to evolve, we recognize the importance of providing tailored solutions to meet the range of clients’ needs,” said Kyle Francis, founder and president of Professional Transition Strategies. “With the launch of Headwaters Practice Transitions, we are ecstatic to extend our expertise and personalized approach to these practices, empowering dental entrepreneurs with the resources they need to navigate transitions seamlessly.”
With a team of seasoned dental M&A experts led by Managing Broker Todd Sheets, Vice President of Sales Kim McCleskey and M&A Consultant Dominick Ricciardi and a deep understanding of the intricacies involved in practice transitions, Headwaters Practice Transitions is poised to deliver unparalleled support and guidance every step of the way. From valuation and practice marketing to negotiation and closing, Headwaters Practice Transitions offers comprehensive services designed to optimize outcomes for both sellers and buyers.
For more information about Headwaters Practice Transitions and its services, please visit headwaterstransition.com.
Halo Dental Technologies, the developer behind the much-anticipated Halo Digital Mirror, is bringing the innovation to Journées Dentaires Internationales du Québec (JDIQ), a flagship event organized annually by the Ordre des Dentistes du Québec (ODQ) May 27-28, 2024.
Halo Dental Technologies will showcase its Montreal-based Digital Mirror, introduce the new technology to Halo’s home community, and promote the product’s waitlist to receive the mirror when it’s ready for delivery in early 2025.
The Journées Dentaires Internationales du Québec is the largest bilingual (English/French) dental convention in North America. For more than five decades, the JDIQ has been bringing cutting-edge technologies and best practices to the dental community to shape the future of dentistry. It is also a crossroads of opportunity for sharing excellence in knowledge, continuing education and networking. JDIQ brings together audiences from near and far who are passionate about oral health.
While at JDIQ, Halo will be giving dental professionals in the province the opportunity to experience the device first-hand, see its features, capabilities, design traits, and use cases in action.
JDIQ serves as a dual focus for Halo, not only as it allows the company to introduce one of dentistry’s biggest care device innovations in decades. The Digital Mirror has already exhibited extensively throughout the United States, receiving praise for it filling such an obvious need in modern dentistry, and for its ability to streamline patient care and education chairside.
Additionally, JDIQ is a homecoming of sorts for Halo. While The Digital Mirror was announced earlier this year, the Montreal-based conference takes place in the place where the device was conceived, developed, engineered, and built.
The Halo Digital Mirror ushers in a new era in dental instrumentation, redefining patient communication and enhancing oral healthcare delivery. Crafted for innovative patient engagement, The Digital Mirror seamlessly integrates into the practice at the point of care, helping elevate patient’s comprehension about their care during dental procedures.
Dreamed up by Dr. Claude Chamoun, a Montreal-based dentist who has practiced for 18 years, the Halo Digital Mirror came to life from the basement of his dental office and has been well supported by local dentists including Dr. Yvan Poitras, founder of Institut Canadien d’Implantologie.
“JDIQ is a unique event for us at Halo, because it’s the only such conference in Canada, in our home city, where the Digital Mirror was conceived, brought to life, and supported by a local community of dentists. It serves as a sort of local unveiling for the company after a busy year of introducing the device to dentists internationally,” said Peter Khoury, CEO of Halo Dental Technologies. “We’ve been overwhelmed by positive support wherever we’ve gone, so we’re thrilled to come home and introduce the Halo Digital Mirror to Canadian dentists.”
The new Halo Digital Mirror enhances patient communications and allows for greater efficiency at the point of care. The new device also improves customer care while reducing flow interruptions and potentially lower costs.
Halo designed The Digital Mirror to eliminate disruptions between the provider and patient in the care setting, reducing “noise” during the patient visit. It also allows providers to spend more focused time with the patient – improving the patient experience and enhancing clinical workflows and data capture.
Halo Digital Mirror benefits
Specifically, the Halo Digital Mirror offers:
Patient Communication: Streamlined visual communication with the patient, allowing the concept of co-diagnosis with the patient to empower them through understanding and control.
Image Capture at your fingertips: Seamless voice activated image capture and annotations for clearer documentation.
Streamlined processes: A wide range of often-used tools and processes rolled into one handy device that is designed for all-day use.
The Digital Mirror also provides integrated LED diffused light and a wide-angle HD camera for improved fog-free visibility to facilitate detailed examinations. It’s also made of high-strength titanium construction for enduring durability without compromising on weight and feel that is similar to conventional dental mirrors.
With these benefits included, the Halo Digital Mirror is designed to participate in every part of the patient’s clinical journey – from education to examination.
To see, touch, and experience the Halo Digital Mirror at JDIQ, visit the Halo booth #1905.
For more information about The Digital Mirror and to join the waitlist, visit halodental.com.
About Halo Dental Technologies
Halo Dental Technologies is a pioneering developer of innovative solutions for the dental industry. With a mission to revolutionize patient care and streamline dental workflows, Halo Dental Technologies leverages cutting-edge technology and industry expertise to deliver unparalleled products and services.
Doctors with an entrepreneurial mindset are always looking for opportunities to grow their practice. Some will go the traditional route, using bank financing to open new locations or acquire practices, perhaps with a goal of building their own dental service organization (DSO). Others will seek a strategic partnership with an established DSO instead.
Your best path forward depends on your goals, but it’s important to understand that the industry’s current status on the consolidation curve gives you a unique opportunity — one that won’t last forever. Here’s a closer look at how the dental industry’s equity arbitrage market is evolving and what it means for you.
Understand Dental Industry Consolidation
Looking at how equity arbitrage transformed medical marketplaces in the past is instructive: Harvard Business Review analyses show that about 60% of providers participate while 40% do not. The participation rate is consistent across fields.
Industry consolidations are a one-time opportunity, so it’s critical to understand the consolidation curve so you can leverage it to drive growth. Any doctor who will be practicing over the next three to five years, regardless of age, has an opportunity right now to participate in an equity arbitrage consolidation market.
About 40% of dentists won’t participate — they’ll open a dental office, serve their communities and eventually sell their practice for 60% to 80% of collections, which is what most dentists did 10 years ago. Others plan to grow solo practices on their own and eventually sell the organization they’ve built to a DSO.
But if you own multiple practices or are planning on growing with new locations, you can participate in equity arbitrage events via a sub-DSO strategy now, leveraging the growth of your practice footprint as an investment vehicle. It’s a smart move because the growth trajectory of a solo practice will never outpace the growth of equity value in a group of practices.
Use a Sub-DSO as a Wealth-Building Tool
A sub-DSO arrangement gives practice owners access to wealth-building opportunities in the equity arbitrage consolidation marketplace without taking on the risks of growing a practice by traditional means. In a sub-DSO, the practice owner transacts their business for a large upfront payment and typically retains a percentage of ownership. The equity isn’t held at the DSO or practice level – it exists in a holding space that allows room for expansion.
This can be a huge advantage for practice owners. There’s a saying in the dental practice startup sector: Operating one practice is easy, two is taxing, and three is make-or-break. That’s because it’s difficult to acquire and centralize the infrastructure and expertise you need to support additional practices, such as acumen in marketing, credentialing, hiring and firing, accounting, etc.
If you choose to partner with a DSO, you won’t have to face those headwinds alone. A strategic partner can remove risk and help shoulder the cost of growth because they already have the administrative infrastructure in place. You can plug into it and grow exponentially as a majority or minority partner and owner/operator of a sub-DSO.
Halo Dental Technologies, the developer behind the much-anticipated Digital Mirror, is bringing the Halo Digital Mirror to the California Dental Association (CDA) annual conference and tradeshow May 16-18. Halo Dental will showcase its Digital Mirror and will open the waitlist to receive the mirror when it’s ready for delivery in early 2025.
While at CDA, Halo Dental will host live demos of the Digital Mirror to conference attendees, giving dental professionals the opportunity to see its features, capabilities, and design traits in action. Halo also will announce the opening of the waitlist for those interested in receiving the mirror when it’s available for delivery in early 2025. The cost to join the waitlist is only $200.
The Halo Digital Mirror ushers in a new era in dental instrumentation, redefining patient communication and enhancing oral healthcare delivery. Crafted for innovative patient engagement, the Digital Mirror seamlessly integrates into the practice at the point of care, helping elevate patient’s comprehension about their care during dental procedures.
The new Halo Digital Mirror not only will enhance patient communications while allowing for dental professional efficiency at the point of care, but will improve customer care while reducing flow interruptions and potentially lower costs. While at the conference, attendees are able to experience the Digital Mirror that when used, will help shift their practice toward a more efficient and patient-centric business.
Halo Dental designed the Digital Mirror to eliminate disruptions between the provider and patient in the care setting, reducing “noise” during the patient visit. It also allows providers to spend more focused time with the patient – improving the patient experience and enhancing clinical workflows and data capture.