We are on week four of saving time through simple black and white strategies. Unless each of us embraces change and learns to be more productive in a shorter amount of time with better results than you are currently getting, we will fall victim of the PPO virus: Decreased reimbursements with few if any adjustments in fee schedule. Like it or ...
Read MoreSpeed can be dangerous, but doing something in less time can be fun. This is part three of tips that will save you at least 10 minutes every time you use them. Keep in mind that some of these actions are done multiple times a day. So, it’s not just the 10 minutes you save. It is the cumulation of time savings and speed that add dollars to your ...
Read MoreMay 16, 1986: Over 30 years ago, the quote from Maverick and Goose in Top Gun was: “I have the need for speed”. A little corny, but it hits nail on the head for dentistry today. We have to deliver services and products at least 25%-35% faster with as good or better quality than we are doing right now if we ever expect to compete in an ...
Read MoreI have a special treat this week. You can catch me saying the following in almost any clinical seminar: “Just subscribe to the Clinicians Report (CRA) and buy whatever they say is the best product”. (https://www.cliniciansreport.org/) The biggest complaint I have about many clinical courses is that they take the time to tell you how they ...
Read MoreWe should all have time to implement one-minute changes that improve our outcome. In fact, I can’t think of anything better than a one (minute) and done fix. Imagine being able to eliminate a majority of problems that turn your office into a Donor Practice while driving your precious patients away. The obvious plus here is that you retain more ...
Read MoreEveryone is looking for an edge. Everyone wants to lower their overhead and their stress level. Finally, everyone is looking for little known secrets of productivity. I think you will be surprised at how easy it is to eliminate one clinical staff position, meet OSHA requirements, and double your operatory efficiency. At some point in every ...
Read MoreAbout a year ago I wrote the following in this blog. Maybe you’ll remember it. “One of the things that we, as concerned dental owners need to do, is create an alliance of independent dental practices and doctors that want to save Dentistry and move in a new direction. I’m proposing a group that will be called ‘BEST for ...
Read MoreOnce again, we are quickly going through poor clinical habits that make it difficult to for your lab to deliver a quality product back to you. As a reminder, your relationship with your lab is a partnership. If either party fails to do their part, the result will be an inferior product. We made it through the first five points last week, so if you ...
Read MoreI am getting some great feedback from our Summit clients and our BEST for Dentistry members (www.bestfordentistry) about one of our alliance partners, Bayshore Dental Studio. The quality is great and the pricing even better. Just the other day, I was speaking with Jaimee Borden, their operations manager, about the wide range of good and not so ...
Read MoreI was fortunate to have been a dental lab tech prior to and during dental school. In fact most of my dental school professors had me do their crown and bridge. Because I continued to be trained as a master ceramist and had a full service lab in my office for over 30 years, I had the opportunity to improve our shade taking systems to a pretty fine ...
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