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The technical support staff at PBS can review any computer quotes or help with any configuration questions.
PBS Endo – Hardware Recommendations
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Specifics
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Notes
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Computer
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Recommended: Pentium 4Ghz, 40GB, 512MB Ram, 17” Monitor
Minimum: Pentium III 800, 10GB, 256MB Ram, 15” Monitor
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The standard configuration for any computer includes a keyboard, mouse, mouse pad, CD-RW, sound card, Ethernet 100 Network Card.
The difference between a desktop and a notebook is mostly size and price.
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Operating System
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Windows 2000, Windows XPPro
Windows 2000/2003 Server
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PBS Endo v7 is the last release that supports Windows 98se.
Windows XP Home, Windows ME, and Windows NT are not supported.
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Network
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Microsoft, TCP/IP
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A network of less than 5 computers can be connected using Windows XP Professional in a peer-to-peer configuration.
Networks with 5+ systems should have a dedicated file Server.
Use Industry standard Ethernet network cards that support the TCP/IP protocol.
Use Wireless networks at your own risk. The interference in an office from x-ray machines can cause a wireless network to be unreliable. Wireless networks must be installed by a professional with security and a reliable , non-cached signal.
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Hard drive
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Recommended: 80 GB to 120 GB
Minimum: 40 GB
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The hard drive size can be estimated based on the size of the practice and the amount of data that is stored. For example, if digital x-rays or a scan of a health history is captured, the more disk space will be required. For a simple calculation, multiply the number of new patients seen times the number of x-rays taken times the size per x-ray.
Use only hardware RAID 1 or 5. Do not use a software RAID or dynamic drives. External, offsite media is still required for a backup even if a RAID is used.
Do not use disk compression utilities.
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Printers
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Laser, Inkjet, and Label
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A typical office will have a Laser printer for the bulk of office related duties such as reports, claims, receipts, and envelopes. A Label printer prints individual chart and mailing labels. An Inkjet printer is used if a final letter with an image is printed.
Recommend: HP 3055 All-in-one, Dymo Label Printer 400
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Internet
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The Internet is required for Electronic Claim Filing and Electronic Statements
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A Virus Scanner is required if the computers access the Internet. The Virus Scanner must be able to exclude folders from the scan. PBS Endo requires the virus scanner to exclude the PBSW folder while PBS Endo is in use.
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Additional Software
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Microsoft Word
Virus Scanner that can exclude a folder.
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Microsoft Word is required to archive and e-mail letters.
PBS Endo requires the virus scanner to exclude the PBSW folder while PBS Endo is in use.
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Backup
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External Drives, or Tape, or CD-RW with matching software
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The capacity of the drive determines the media of choice. A tape or very large external drive is required when images ( x-rays and scanned documents ) are retained.
If PBS Endo does not retain any images, a CD-RW can easily hold the PBSW folder.
A RAID drive is not a backup solution.
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Scanners
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Scanner with Multi-page feeder, and Twain-32 Compliant
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The Scanner and Clipboard functionality requires the Imaging for Windows software be installed on each computer that you want to scan or view images. The Imaging for Windows software can be purchased from Global360.com.
Some scanners require a transparency adapter to capture an x-ray.
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Tablet PC
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Tablet PC using Microsoft Tablet PC operating system, connected to the network, with at least 1024x768 monitor resolution, and a keyboard (not a virtual keyboard).
PBS Endo EndoChart™ Required.
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The optional PBS Endo Patient Registry software allows a patient to use a Tablet PC to fill out their demographic information and medical history form. The patient’s signature is also captured and digitized.
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PDA
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Palm or Pocket PC
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The optional PBS Endo PDA software downloads to a Palm OS 4 or a PocketPC. Microsoft Access is required on the computer that downloads to a PocketPC.
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How do you access PBS from Home?
We encourage you to have a copy of PBS on your home system. At the end of each day, you will backup your office data to external drive or CD and take the backup home. Then restore the data onto your home computer. By simply restoring the data, you can look up patient information and run reports.
Alternatively, you can access PBS from your home through the internet to the office. This approach would require you to leave the office computer on at night. This approach does not test the backup and is slower.
Example - 5 User Configuration when Radiography is Included
Server – Pentium 4GHz, 512MB RAM, 80+GB Hard Drive, Windows 2003 Server, CD-RW, 5 External Hard Drives
Workstations - Pentium 4GHz, 256MB RAM, 64MB Video, Windows XPPro, can be Notebooks if used in the operatory.
Switch, Cat 5 Cable,
Write Cache and Virus Scanners.
PBS Endo cannot have the server or any workstations caching the writes to the server’s hard drive. The data must be written immediately to the server’s hard drive. A Virus Scanner is required if the computers access the Internet. The Virus Scanner must be able to exclude folders from the scan. PBS Endo requires the virus scanner to exclude the PBSW folder while PBS Endo is in use.
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