You must understand the cost of your services before you offer discounts to your patients. The cost of your services is not alone based on the material cost. You need to add operating cost and cost of the clinician before you consider offering discount for a patient. Average rating
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Is it good to offer discounts to our patients?
Offering discounts as a community service always helps you to give back to the society and deserving people. Occasional discounts based on your standard fee schedule can be given to member patients . Make sure that the policy is used consistently. You don’t want to offer the discount to one patient, but not another… right?
Read More...What is the minimal basic requirement to start a Dental practice?
A good place, a Dental chair, compressor, Dental Instruments, equipment , x ray and armamentarium are the minimal basic along with good interiors. Along with the above things you need to have basic legal compliance and licences/ registrations in place before you start a new dental practice. Buy quality stuff, they last long and ultimately
Read More...How to start a Dental practice?
Starting a new dental practice We feel puzzled what are the essential requirements for me to start my dental practice. You will have to do some market research and understand what do you have to offer in your practice. Do some research , build a network of trusted advisors , secure finances and develop a
Read More...How much should I charge for a single tooth replacement with implant?
Anterior single tooth implants in the aesthetic zone usually are more challenging and need more efforts and expertise to complete the treatment successfully and up to the patients satisfaction. You need to understand patient needs and offer all the possible options to the patients before you even start the treatment. We are generally confused about
Read More...How much salary should I pay to my chair side assistant
Few things to remember before you decide on the pay scale for your employees Do they have requisite qualification to perform the job? Do they possess the skills to perform the job? Do they have and added benefit than the others and are capable of taking additional responsibility? Do they intend to stay with you
Read More...How to calculate associate dentist pay?
The method to determine compensation for these positions varies from one practice to another. Associate doctors can receive a flat salary or hourly rate, or the compensation can be based on a percentage of production and/or collections. Average rating
Read More...Should you refund a failed treatment?
Physicians and dentists strive to provide their patients with high-quality, effective care. However, some patients inevitably will not be satisfied with their results, regardless of whether appropriate care was provided. One could refund or waive some or all of the professional fees associated with the patient’s care. Providers can offer refunds or waivers without the
Read More...What is TCO / Treatment coordinator?
Treatment coordinators bridge the gap between dentists & the patients. They are the most important people in your dental practice who thrive for the patient satisfaction. A treatment coordinator can help you to improve the patient satisfaction index in your dental practice. TCO or the Treatment coordinator closes or assists in closing the treatment plans
Read More...How to plan the calendar for the year?
The first step that you should take in planning out my year is to get a full-year wall calendar. Secondly put in the corner stones for example – vacations, weekend trips, business travel and conferences. Third, write in the projects you are doing or plan to do in the upcoming year that include deadlines, marketing
Read More...How to do Facebook advert for my dental clinic?
If you’re just starting out with paid advertising on Facebook, it’s likely that you’ll have to experiment with several different targeting options until you reach an audience that fits just right.
Read More...How to ask for reviews from my patients?
Customer reviews are the most important aspect of your online reputation. There are many ways how you can ask for a review to your patients. Patients can review your services on social media and who are not tech savvy can write a review and hand it over to you.
Read More...How to incorporate patient feedback system in the clinic?
Patient feed backs are one of the most important aspect of the patient care. It let’s you know how your organisation is functioning and where do you need to focus.
Read More...How to perform practice audits?
Non clinical aspect if patient care is equally important as the clinical care rendered to the patients. Overall patient experience can be measured by defining the important contact points with the patients.
Read More...What is the basic equipment requirement for NABH accreditation?
NABH standards do not specify the requirements for equipment for the fulfilment of criteria for the accreditation. When you make a buying decision for a particular instrument or equipment you must confirm the quality of the equipment and its performance by verifying the certifications that the product may have. Endorsement of the product by the
Read More...How do we train our team or staff?
Your organisation needs to have a well defined induction program for a new team member. You can assign a job profile to the new team member and take them through a specified training program. This makes them ready to take up new challenge and perform as expected . Set an internal training program schedule for
Read More...What is the telephone script for front office?
Answering a telephone enquiry can be a challenging task. We can overcome this challenge effectively by training our team members with the correct flow of questions to be asked while interacting over a phone call. You can create a set of questions for your front desk manager which can help you to streamline the telephonic
Read More...How to manage records in software?
BENEFITS OF MEDICAL RECORDS MANAGEMENT As the requirements for medical records change, it is important for medical practices, hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, and long-term care facilities to have a medical records management system in place that includes automating, capturing, storing, and disseminating records. The system improves record location and tracking, even for records people don’t
Read More...Membership plans & how to go about it?
Dental Practice plan / membership plan is a new dimension of patient care in the new age dentistry. Patient need long term health & dental practices need a loyal patient. Its a win – win situation for both. Add value to your practice this new year! Most practices in India have an undervalued untapped
Read More...Can dentist refuse a patient?
Medico-legal Tip of the day Question- Do doctors have a right to refuse to treat a patient 1. In Private Clinic 2. In Govt. Dispensary / Hospital 3. In private / corporate Hospitals Answer- 1. Yes , in private clinic , doctor can refuse to see a patient unless patient is in emergency. . He
Read More...Recession time?- 10 things to focus on when you face recession in your dental business.
In this Facebook Live program Dr. Manish Chitnis explains 10 simple strategies to focus on when you are facing recession in your dental business. Average rating
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