Patient Experience Intelligence
For DSOs

Everything your DSO needs to improve operations, differentiate your brand, and strengthen payer relationships — powered by real patient experience and employee trust data.

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Why DSOs Choose DifferentKind

Dental leaders are under pressure to:
Increase operational efficiency
Support practices with better coaching
Attract and retain clinical talent
Drive patient retention and case acceptance
Improve payer leverage
Stand out in a crowded market

The challenge?
You can’t fix what you can’t see.
Production data and NPS don’t tell the real story.

DifferentKind fills that gap with patient experience intelligence built specifically for DSOs.

One Dataset, Three Solutions Designed for DSO Growth

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Clinical & Operational Intelligence

DifferentKind gives DSOs a clear picture of what patients actually experience at every practice — and why it matters.

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Marketing & Reputation Differentiation

Most DSOs compete on sameness — same services, same messaging, same “great patient care” claims. DifferentKind gives you the data to prove what makes your organization different.

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Payer Relations
Leverage

Payers increasingly value network-quality reporting — but most DSOs can’t produce it.

DifferentKind changes that.

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Clinical & Operational Intelligence

The insight engine your operations team has been missing.

You’ll see:
Communication clarity
Trust-building behaviors
Perceived value
Transparency & shared decision-making
Treatment alignment
Wait times & flow efficiency
Experience themes by provider, team, or location

You’ll do:
Coach locations with clarity
Identify root causes behind churn
Know exactly where trust breaks down
Improve case acceptance
Reduce rework, callbacks, and inefficiency

You’ll get:
Automated PX dashboards
EX (employee trust) insights
Location-level scorecards
Board-ready summaries for leadership

Outcome:
Better coaching. Better decisions. Better patient retention.

What people are saying about DifferentKind

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DifferentKind has been a game changer for understanding differentiators, market adaptability, and staff recognition.

Dr. Barry Bartusiak
Founding Dentist
Bartusiak Dental Care of Washington
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DifferentKind makes me excited about the future of patient-facing measurement in dental care, enabling a better match between patients and dentists.

Kerry Hicks
Founder and former CEO, Healthgrades
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DifferentKind translates and distills the patient journey into real time experience measurements, producing a simple and harmonious data and analytics platform that results in engaged providers and happier patients.  Engaged providers go the extra mile to ensure safe, competent and compassionate care. Happy patients come back to see these providers.  This circle repeats, win-win outcomes are produced, making DifferentKind a force multiplier for solo practices, emerging groups and DSOs.

Samantha Strain
Partner + Chief Development Officer, HealthStream Ventures
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What Optimal Patient Experience Can Do For Your Practice
↑ Treatment Plan Adherence
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↑ Quality, Safety, & Efficiency
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↓ Employee Turnover
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↑ Patient Loyalty
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Read More on The ROI of Patient Experience Here
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Creating trust requires partnership & transparency.

If you're looking for the data to demonstrate your practice's commitment to patient-centered, evidence-based dental care, we'd love to chat with you.

Our Leadership Team

Dental patient experience leader Matthew Allen, DDSRich Wertz

Matthew Allen, DDS
CEO

Leading expert on person-centered care in dentistry

Dental patient experience leader Carolyn Brown, DDS, MA

Carolyn Brown, DDS, MA
CSO

Veteran subject matter expert in teledentistry, value-based care, medical-dental integration, and dental benefits

Rich Wertz

Rich Wertz
CTO

Seasoned technical leader with a lifetime of software development experience