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Establishing Protocols in Patient Care
When a patient arrives to your practice for the first or 30th time, there shouldn’t be confusion between your staff or doctors as to what type of care is needed. Establishing protocols for certain types of patients is vital.
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Sharing and Separation of Staff
With two or three dentists in a single office, it can sometimes be confusing when it comes to who-helps-who. When you get your staff 100% committed to a specific routine each day, it can make it easier on both the dentist and the rest of the team to run on schedule and keep production up.
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Duties and Roles of Dentists
The role and duties of a dentist are multiplied in a setting where more than one dentist is practicing.
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Managing other Dentists
When a dentist makes the decision to hire additional practitioners for their office, he/she must have a plan as to how to manage the new employees.
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Hiring a New Dentist
The owner/dentist should approach hiring a new dentist with much attention and care. The newly hired dentist needs to be an asset to the practice, fit in well with the current team of employees, and be well skilled in order to best serve the patients.
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Salary Negotiation for Dentists
Employers have multiple options when deciding how and when to pay their employees. A decision between the two needs to be made as to which option will work best for both parties.
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How Are Dental Patients Assigned to a Practitioner?
For dental offices with multiple practitioners, procedures should be established for assigning new patients and caring for current patients when their primary practitioner is unavailable.
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Professionalism Between Practitioners
In an office with multiple dentists practicing they more than likely came from different educational, cultural and living environments. Although, there may be differences of opinion on certain treatment plans - it is the professional responsibility of each dentist to respectfully honor the treating physician’s choice of treatment, unless it compromises the patient’s health.
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Improving Efficiency in a Medical Practice
Time is a physician’s most important resource, so anything that can provide a practice with a little more time by making a process more efficient should be seriously considered.
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