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Dental & Medical IT

Your practice runs on technology. We keep it healthy.

You’re focused on patients, not servers and software. We keep your practice systems, imaging and patient data running and protected, so your front desk never has to say “the system’s down.”

Sound familiar?

  • Imaging or practice software crawls while a patient waits in the chair
  • “Sorry, the system’s down” at the front desk
  • Refereeing between your software vendor, phone company and internet provider
  • Shared logins, and no real plan if something goes wrong

Practice software we support

Dental

  • Dentrix
  • Eaglesoft
  • Open Dental
  • Dolphin

Medical

  • Nextech
  • athenahealth
  • eClinicalWorks

and the other applications and imaging software practices commonly use

How we help

One team for all of your practice’s technology.

No more being your own IT department. We own the health of your IT, all of it.

  • One call for every vendor

    When something breaks, you make one call. We deal with your software vendor, phone company and internet provider, and get it fixed.

  • Practice software & imaging

    Your practice-management, charting and imaging software kept fast and working, with updates handled carefully so nothing breaks mid-day.

  • Patient data protected

    Security, access controls and encrypted backups for patient records. We set up the safeguards and documentation your HIPAA compliance depends on.

  • Front desk & phones

    Phones, scheduling stations, printers and card readers that work when patients are at the counter.

  • Backups & recovery

    Backups on-site and in the cloud, checked regularly, so a failed server or ransomware attack doesn’t mean lost charts.

  • AI for practices

    AI help for routine calls, reminders and paperwork, with patient data kept out of public AI tools.

David Ellis, founder of Productive IT Solutions
We know practices

Built by someone who’s spent a career inside medical practices.

Before founding Productive IT Solutions, David Ellis spent 17 years with Nextech EHR software, launching it at more than 300 practices: training staff, customizing it to fit how each practice works, and getting them through go-live.

That’s why we understand what a slow chart or a down system means when a patient is in the chair, and why we pick up the phone.

More about us
Client stories

Hear it from Southern California practices.

  • “Let me pull over. I will fix it.”

    “As for customer service, I don’t feel like a customer… Literally, I feel like I’m calling a friend.”

    Dr. Michael Hakimi, Hakimi Plastic Surgery

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    I’m Dr. Michael Hakimi. I’m a plastic surgeon in Beverly Hills. I got to know Productive IT when I didn’t even have my own practice. So for my entire adult life having my own practice, I’ve been with Productive IT.

    Very quickly into the startup life, within a couple of years, we realized that we need a strong IT company, and the CEO of the company did his research and found Productive IT. And the moment this company entered our life was night and day. They were available on their phone 24/7.

    Sometimes I’ve gone on the phone, and I hear, “Let me pull over. I will fix it.” I’m like, “If you’re driving, call me when you’re done.” “No, no, no, let me pull over, because by the time I get to work, I’ll get busy.” Like, the number of times they’ve pulled over to answer a question or fix something… “Oh, I’m sorry. I’m picking up my daughter.” “Perfect timing, Dr. Hakimi. I’m picking up my daughter. I’ll fix it for you.” On his phone, he fixes my problems.

    So yeah, as for customer service, I don’t feel like a customer, and I’m not saying it to be cheesy. Literally, I feel like I’m calling a friend.

  • 150 patients a day, then the server goes down

    “If I have a problem, I can call 24/7, and I honestly will get help.”

    Dr. Amy Litchfield, California Coastal Dermatology

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    My name is Krista. I am the office manager of California Coastal Dermatology. My name is Amy Litchfield. I’m a dermatologist. We are full-scale dermatology. We also do some cosmetics as well.

    With our former IT company, we had a lot of issues with non-responsiveness when we had an issue. It’s very challenging when your server’s down and you have 150 patients for the day. So that was really a huge challenge for us.

    So they came in and made sure all of our equipment was up to par, and that everything was functioning, and revamped our IT system, and made sure our servers were running smoothly. If I have a problem, I can call 24/7, and I honestly will get help.

  • From a 5-day ticket wait to resolved in minutes

    “Now I can just pick up the phone and dial a number or send a text or an email, and it gets resolved within minutes.”

    Dr. Daniel G. Kolder, Pacifica Center for Plastic Surgery

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    My name is Gina and I am the Chief Operating Officer. Dr. Daniel G. Kolder: I’m a plastic surgeon in Camarillo, California, and my company is Pacifica Center for Plastic Surgery.

    Before, if we had an issue with something, we would have to email the company. The company would then create a ticket item for us. We would get that ticket item, and then it would take about five to seven days to resolve that ticket item. We would be sitting ducks, and we wouldn’t be able to work on our computers or work at all.

    The way we found Productive IT Solutions was we were trying to figure out shortcuts within our EMR, and somebody in San Diego said, “Hey, there’s somebody in your area that kind of does that, and it’s Productive IT Solutions.”

    Now I can just pick up the phone and dial a number or send a text or an email, and it gets resolved within minutes. Productive IT Solutions has been one of the best companies that we’ve worked with in the last 15 years.

  • One IT company for software, hardware and HIPAA

    “Having David with the knowledge that he has and the customer service that he gives us is peace of mind.”

    Dr. Jon Bradley Strawn, Scultura Plastic Surgery

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    I’m Dr. Brad Strawn, Scultura Plastic Surgery. I first met David when we were implementing our software, our primary software that runs our business.

    Having the services of Productive IT, I can tell you that it is a safety net, especially in today’s world, where we have to have things encrypted, we have to have HIPAA compliance. Our patient health information is so valuable.

    It just made everything easier. Instead of working with different people for software and for hardware and for web stuff, and even phone, it was really nice, because I now just have one IT person that I can contact. And having David with the knowledge that he has and the customer service that he gives us is peace of mind. Highly recommend him.

  • Starting a medical practice? Hire this IT company

    “Phone was always answered immediately whenever I had any questions. It never even went to voicemail.”

    Kelly E. Fordyce, M.D.

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    I’m Kelly Fordyce. I’m an internist and my company is Kelly Fordyce, MD, and I opened up in September of 2021. I was referred by another physician who opened up a practice a couple years before I did, a friend of mine, and she said, “Oh, when you open up your practice, this is who you need to hire for IT.”

    So we contacted Productive IT numerous times, especially early on when we first opened up, and I told him what I was doing and he came right over and set up all my IT for me.

    Phone was always answered immediately whenever I had any questions. It never even went to voicemail. It was always answered, “What can I help you with, Doctor?” And the problem was fixed just right then and there.

    I had no idea really what to do, and I don’t know where I would’ve turned to get the help that I needed to start up my practice.

  • A full production studio for a medical spa

    “Productive IT is the first one I’d recommend to people asking me who to go to for IT support.”

    Enoch Kwok, Skin Perfect Medical

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    My name is Enoch Kwok. I’m the CEO for Skin Perfect Medical and The Aesthetic Immersion. At Skin Perfect Medical, we are a full-service medical spa. We offer treatments such as Botox and fillers, laser treatments, anti-aging, body sculpting, weight loss. We have been in the Southern California market for nearly 20 years, and we service over 10,000 patients a year. The Aesthetic Immersion is a medical aesthetic education and training company located in Orange County, California, and we teach all things medical aesthetics.

    One of the challenges when you are building a new medical spa practice: you have to figure out and sort out the technological challenges there. How do you connect your computers? How do you connect your Wi-Fi? Making sure that we have ample signal strength within the entire facility.

    Our challenge at The Aesthetic Immersion: we wanted to add a full production studio to what we had built really haphazardly. Productive IT has been helpful in helping us put a plan together. David was able to look at our current setup, recommend a lot of the equipment, and also help us do a layout, do a diagram, do workflows, and help us really identify the areas that we needed to focus on.

    He was able to help us out with coming in after hours to help do a lot of the IT work, to help us with the wiring, with the cabling, so it didn’t really impact our day-to-day schedule. Productive IT is the first one I’d recommend to people asking me who to go to for IT support.

Google reviews

What our clients say on Google.

5.0 on Google from 49 reviews

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Practice IT Health Check

A second opinion on your practice’s technology, at no cost and with no obligation.

  • A look at what’s slowing your team down: workstations, practice software, imaging and the daily friction
  • A plain-English security and HIPAA snapshot
  • A short, prioritized list of what to fix, yours to keep either way
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Questions

Questions practices ask us

Which practice software do you support?

For dental practices we support Dentrix, Eaglesoft, Open Dental and Dolphin; for medical practices, Nextech, athenahealth and eClinicalWorks. We also support the other applications and imaging software practices commonly use, and work alongside your software vendor when an issue needs their help.

What happens if our system goes down during patient hours?

Call us. During business hours it takes about 3 minutes on average to reach a real person, and critical issues like outages get a response in under 15 minutes.

Can you make us HIPAA compliant?

We set up the technical safeguards HIPAA expects, such as access controls, encryption, backups and documentation. Your practice remains responsible for its overall compliance program, and we make the IT side of it straightforward.

Do you only work with dental offices?

No. We work with dental, medical, plastic surgery and dermatology practices, as well as small and mid-size businesses across Southern California.

How much does it cost?

Every practice is different, so every client gets a custom quote after a free consultation or Practice IT Health Check.

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