In this week’s blog post, MGE’s Deputy Chief Operating Officer, Sabri Blumberg, answers practice management questions from dentists around the country. Q: I have an employee who’s late on a regular basis. She changes for a little while after I speak with her about it, and then just reverts to being late again. What should I do? Good question, and…
Editor’s Note: For this week’s blog post, we’d like to welcome guest author Aleksandr Dayanayev, DDS. Dr. Dayanayev is a general dentist practicing in New York, as well as a speaker and seminar instructor for MGE. As the New Year approaches, it’s important to: Review the prior year, Evaluate areas that need changes/improvements, and Set goals for the next year.…
Should you hire a full-time person to manage your schedule? (i.e. What people might call a “Schedule Coordinator” or “Scheduler”)? Well, it depends. Traditionally speaking, administrative staff in a dental office have been given the title of “Front Desk” (named after furniture…not so good), or “receptionist”(…better title). And in the real world, the person answering the phone (the receptionist) is…
We all want more new patients. More new patients = growing practice = more potential production and so on, right? So we spend a few bucks on marketing to get the phone to ring. And then we run into a snag: The new patients coming in don’t accept treatment or follow through with their hygiene schedule. This is a pretty…
Managing staff while spending most of your time chairside is no easy task. And when things get out of hand, you may begin to feel more like a babysitter than a business owner. That said, managing your staff properly is vitally important, as the combined effort of the entire team is what generates all of the practice’s production and income.…
From a business perspective, how big of a “deal” is it to run behind schedule? I’ve seen some doctors become so accustomed to running behind that, after a while, it seems like a normal part of doing business. If you have a good scheduling system, it should be very rare to make patients wait longer than 5-10 minutes. (See the…
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