Achieving Success Through Targeted Initiatives

What is a Practice Level Plan?

  • Brainstorming
  • Collaboration
  • Identifying Obstacles
  • Determining Solutions
  • Recognizing Opportunities
  • Goal-setting
  • Mapping the path to success
  • Execution & Accountability

How Do We Identify Opportunities?

Practice Evaluation Framework

Practice Level Plan

Recommended Areas of Focus – “Example Dental Practice”

  • Improved Communication, Collaboration, Accountability & Alignment
    • Current: No meetings, morning huddles or incentives for practice growth
    • Goal: Clear communication, accountability, practice goals and more productive regular meetings
    • How: Morning Huddles/Meetings, Middle Mgmt Training, Office wide bonus plans, Goals & Dashboards
    • Why: Common goals and vision, alignment of incentives towards patient care and practice growth
  • Improved Patient Retention
    • Current: Hygiene Reappointment % = 78% vs 90% average / Pre-Appointment % = 72% vs 83% average
    • Goal: Reappointment rate >90% / Pre-Appointment % >80%
    • How: Accountability around reappointment (in hygiene room) and reactivation (in practice, leveraging SDM)
    • Why: Improved patient retention, oral/systemic health of patients
  • Supply Expense Optimization
    • Current: Supply Expense = 6.3% of Collections vs 4.0% SDM target
    • Goal: Supply Expense <5.0% of Collections
    • How: Introduction of ordering best practices, evaluation of Darby pricing and relationship
    • Why: Savings from supplies can be used to invest in people, technology, etc….

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