The healthcare industry has lately been heavily scrutinized as the demand to lower the cost of healthcare clashes with the demand for increased quality. In recent years, private practices struggled to keep up with the rate at which large corporations have managed to lower their prices, despite corporations offering insuperior( inferior) care. 

This is due, in part, to outdated technologies and systems that have kept owners from being competitive due to their inefficiencies. Law and healthcare reform has changed the way in which private practices function, while their computing programs have not. 

While nationwide dental offices switch to cloud computing, small practices lack the ability to match their efficiency. As a result, private practices charge more while taking longer to conduct exams. This combination has allowed franchised practices to overwhelm the private sector, resulting in a 50% decrease in the number of practices in recent years.