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Business - Medical and Dental Industry
Patient Financing Options
In order to avoid having a patient not receive medically necessary dental care, the provider can offer financing options. You need to understand each option so that the patient and provider can determine which choice will work best for the individual client and the provider’s business.
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Scheduling for Maximum Efficiency in an Urgent Care
If expectations are set from the beginning and followed from day one, scheduling should be a much smoother process with most major issues eliminated.
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Scheduling for School Aged Children
The way you schedule school aged children for their appointments needs to reflect an understanding of their strengths and limitations.
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Scheduling Issues in a Multi-Practitioner Office
When there are several people providing the same service in a business, in this case - the dentist, it’s just a matter of time before scheduling conflicts arise. Fortunately, there are a few points to be on the lookout for in order to avoid confusion or hard feelings among dentists and their staff.
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Selecting an EMR for an Urgent Care
Patients today have a lot of options when it comes to choosing a healthcare provider, so meeting patient demands requires an EMR system that is both efficient and user-friendly.
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Selecting the Right EHR for Your Practice
Selecting the right electronic health record (EHR), also known as electronic medical record (EMR), is a critical decision for a practice that requires significant research and planning.
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Private Practice / Practice Management: Payroll and Taxes for your Employees
Dental practice owners will need to have a plan for how and when to handle payroll and taxes as their practice hires different staff members.
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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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Referral Practices for Orthodontists
As an orthodontist, you rely heavily on referrals and marketing strategies to build your practice. Standard referral practices should be established early on, to prevent oversight of patient care as well as nourish your reputation among peers in the community.
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