When a dental practice doesn’t have systems in place, everything is done manually and left to human error.

The patient experience is inconsistent…

Practice life becomes a bit chaotic…

Things get lost in the busyness of everyday…

And your reputation suffers as a result.

Why are dental practice systems important?

Introducing intelligent systems into your dental practice takes the stress out by giving your staff clear systems and processes to follow.

There’s no guesswork, no key person risk, and no need to micromanage your dental business.

The systematisation of your practice will ultimately increase profits, enhance the patient experience, and give you more time, more money, and less stress.

Instead of chasing your tail all day, you create leverage.

A dental practice that has efficient systems (that actually get followed) will provide you with more money, time, and meaning – and rest assured knowing the practice is running like clockwork.

Smart systems for dentists – such as operating systems, policies and procedures – are essential because they:

  • Allow your practice to be less reliant on star performers, therefore reducing key person risk.
  • Can multiply across different locations and accommodate a growing team.
  • Make leveraging possible.
  • Represent the development of intellectual property assets.
  • Make your practice more valuable to prospective suitors.
  • Ensure the practice owner is no longer the source of all knowledge – freeing up their time.

For example, utilising dental practice management systems offer comprehensive clinical support. These management softwares typically include features, such as scheduling, patient records and sometimes billing, online booking, medical histories, treatment plans and cloud-based clinical digital imaging that make running a dental practice easy, fast, and secure. With all these tools, dentists can make better-informed decisions, resulting in better patient care and business outcomes.

What systems can you use?

Systems in your practice include things like operating systems, policies, procedures, the frameworks and conversation scripts you use for patient communications, team training, SOPs, marketing, case acceptance, appointment books, dealing with complaints, and other management solutions.

In fact, we have a whole series of frameworks and templates around:

  • Booking appointments
  • Managing cancellations
  • Dealing with complaints
  • People just shopping around for prices
  • Preferred providers
  • Hygiene-only appointments
  • Asking for referrals
  • Asking for reviews
  • Case presentation
  • Creating compelling reasons to return
  • Patient handover within the practice
  • Patient transfer – passing and receiving

At the moment, these are client-only resources that are available to our Practice Max and Boardroom community.

If you’re interested in discussing membership options and getting access to these frameworks (and hundreds of other resources, dental practice management courses, events, intensive workshops, live online training, exclusive podcasts, discounts with industry partners, free and discounted tickets to events, monthly newsletters, and much more!) – then reach out and let’s have a chat!

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