Say goodbye to unnecessary clinic downtime and save money with these basic practice management and scheduling tips from DD.
Managing a clinic can be very stressful, a task which only increases in complexity with the addition of maintaining compliance. As the legislation outlining compliance continues to develop and change, it can be easy for your practice to lose considerable time and money over costly staff training and equipment servicing.
However, as a leading distributor of dental equipment and training, DD has a few tips. This article explores the benefits of aligning these essential aspects of dental practice management by scheduling staff training and equipment servicing to occur concurrently. This simple change to how your time is managed can help to minimise surgery downtime and can lead to significant cost savingsThe benefits are as follows:
1. Reduced surgery downtime
Surgery downtime is detrimental, regardless of how well-run your dental practice may otherwise be. Patients’ appointments may need to be rescheduled, leading to inconvenience, potential complaints and possible revenue loss.
Scheduling staff compliance training and equipment testing and servicing alongside one another enables your practice to minimise scheduling disruptions. This approach ensures that staff members are available for training while the equipment is tested and serviced, reducing the need for additional downtime.
2. Improved staff knowledge
Well-trained staff members are the backbone of any dental practice. By conducting training while equipment servicing is underway, your clinic will have more time to undertake basic compliance training and you can efficiently include time to learn new procedures or protocols. Additionally, this will also allow you to refresh your compliance and technical knowledge, helping you to provide improved patient care.
3. Cost-effective maintenance
Regular equipment servicing is essential to help prevent costly breakdowns, as well as to meet your compliance obligations. DD offers cost-effective service contracts combined with staff training. This will give you a reduction in service fees, providing an immediate benefit to your practice’s bottom line.
4. Efficient time management
Dental practitioners often wear multiple hats, juggling patient care, administrative tasks, staff and practice management.
Combining staff training and equipment servicing with a single provider who can provide full coverage for both equipment and training nationally means you don’t need to co-ordinate multiple suppliers or lose money. A single phone call and DD can co-ordinate all your needs saving you time and worry.
5. Improved patient experience
Ultimately, synchronising staff training and equipment servicing can benefit not only your practice, but also your patients. Well-trained staff members often provide better patient care, and well-maintained equipment helps ensure smoother procedures.
Patients will appreciate the professionalism and efficiency of your practice, leading to enhanced patient loyalty and a positive experience.
DD can help
DD is more than just a leading supplier of specialist dental products, we also have one of the UK’s largest dental engineering networks, providing national return-to-base and field engineering coverage, as well as nationwide tutoring with our training team.
Start saving time and money today, with member engineering service plans starting at just £43 per month, and non-member engineering plans starting at £268+VAT.
Call DD for a no-obligation quote to see how much you could save by consolidating your engineering and compliance services.
Call: 0800 0281697 or email: [email protected].
