Just over a month ago, the current Minister of Health Roberto Speranza made important statements regarding the new healthcare guidelines, introducing the concept of data-driven healthcare.
Data and its processing represent the future of every sector , even those in which their application is less obvious, as they allow the introduction of new management tools and the development of predictive capabilities.
Dental practices today use various technologies capable of processing data : photographs, x-rays, impressions.
Indeed, there are many technologies available, but an automatic, simple, and intuitive data storage and processing system was missing (and was greatly missed). Ninety-five percent of the software currently on the market is native, requiring installation and ongoing updates, while the use of cloud-based software has not yet become widespread.
Starting from this analysis of the current scenario, IDI Evolution has focused on the development of a cloud-based platform with artificial intelligence , capable of guaranteeing intuitive and easily accessible, multi-platform operation, which can be reached from anywhere in the world quickly and conveniently, and above all which does not need to be continuously updated .
"This software is called Alfred , and we're releasing it to the market today with the hope that it will make a decisive contribution to the evolution of the dental industry," says Andrea Piantoni , Chief Innovation Officer of IDI Evolution. By leveraging data analysis, Alfred becomes not just a digital storage space, but a system capable of guiding clinicians step by step .
“Thanks to Alfred we have managed to define the guidelines of a standard path to carry out an implant-prosthetic treatment plan effectively ,” adds Piantoni. Alfred is currently a tool dedicated to implant-prosthetic procedures, but the company's project looks even further: “Our goal is to transform Alfred into a 360° management system for dental practices: with our cornerstones of consulting and assistance, we want to extend Alfred's scope of intervention to the management of entire practice processes .”
Finally, one last application of data, perhaps the simplest and least obvious, is to support communication between clinicians and patients . Alfred allows professionals to communicate more directly and transparently with their patients, creating advanced digital medical records through which dentists can demonstrate, with data in hand, the value and quality of their work.
Thus, Alfred becomes the emblem of a new way of understanding the sector and the profession , moving toward a necessary innovation, indispensable to keeping pace with an increasingly digital environment in which data represents the most precious resource. The software creates a community of professionals with access to an ever-evolving database, because Alfred will grow alongside the technicians and dentists who use it, becoming an increasingly powerful, precise, and advanced tool day after day. And so, finally, it will reach the present of the future we've been waiting for.
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