Table of Contents
- Can Your Dental Practice Grow in Today’s Environment?
- Eliminate Dental Office Staff Burnout
- Tackle No-Shows & Last-Minute Cancellations
- Keep Up with Changing Patient Demographics
- Stay Ahead of Rising Costs
Can Your Dental Practice Grow in Today’s Environment?
The American Dental Association (ADA) has identified four main challenges for dental practices today:
- Staffing shortages and retention
- Patient no-shows and last-minute cancellations
- Shifting demographics
- Rising costs and decreasing insurance reimbursements
As the demand for your services rises, these challenges can make it difficult to grow and sustain your practice. Are you staying ahead of them — or is your practice playing catch-up?
Proof That Doctible Meets Every Challenge Head-On
Doctible’s dental patient communication software has been proven to make managing your practice easier. See how Doctible helps streamline operations, improve patient engagement, and optimize flow for a smoother and less stressful workday.
Eliminate Dental Office Staff Burnout
60% of dentists say their practices struggle with staff shortages, retention, and recruitment. 42% of office managers feel overworked. The solution: Doctible’s automation and digital tools.
- Patient Recall helps staff send 156 automatic recall messages monthly, saving roughly 13 hours* of manual follow-up time.
- Automated text and voice reminders save staff 81 hours per month on phone calls.
- Digital forms save 10 minutes per patient check-in, streamlining intake and reducing admin time by 50 hours per month.
- Over 70% of appointments are confirmed automatically, allowing staff to focus on patient care and other tasks.
*If average manual recall takes 5 minutes, automating recall messages saves staff 780 minutes per month (about 13 hours).
Tackle Patient No-Shows & Last-Minute Cancellations
Patient no-shows and last-minute cancellations not only disrupt daily operations but also pose significant financial risks to dental practices. Here’s the impact:
- No-shows and cancellations cost practices about $150,000 in lost revenue each year.
- They account for 82% of unfilled appointments in dental practices.
Doctible’s automated reminders and EasyFill, a digital waitlist, can mitigate these disruptions.
- Automated reminders help patients remember appointments, reducing no-shows (and phone call time by 74 hours per month).
- EasyFill fills over 44% of last-minute openings, maximizing daily operations and recovering up to $60,000 in lost revenue.
Keep Up with Changing Patient Demographics
Your patients have changed, and so have their expectations. To stay competitive, it’s important to understand their preferences:
- 94% of people only consider visiting businesses with a 4-star rating online.
- 70% use reviews to judge service quality.
- 98% of patients prefer texting to phone calls.
Doctible’s patient communication software allows you to cater to modern preferences, keeping you competitive and efficient.
- Doctible automates around 814 review requests monthly, securing approximately 67 new reviews with an 8.3% response rate.
- Automated scheduling and texting meet the expectations of today’s tech-savvy patients.
- Customizable tools ensure personalization in every patient interaction.
- Effective review management from Doctible elevates your online reputation, attracting new patients.
Overcome Rising Costs
Rising costs and decreasing insurance reimbursements can make dental practice growth especially challenging. Doctible’s automated solutions reduce manual labor and streamline operations, helping you keep expenses in check.
- Maximize staff efficiency by automating routine tasks, freeing up resources for patient care and other high-value activities.
- Enhance revenue potential through improved appointment booking and management, minimizing gaps in the daily schedule.
- Reduce overhead costs by decreasing the need for additional staff hours, thanks to comprehensive automation features.
- Streamline administrative workflows, helping reduce errors and inefficiencies that can lead to financial losses.
- Prevent revenue loss from patient attrition by using automated recall tools. With an average dental patient attrition rate of 17%, a practice with 2,500 active patients could lose 425 patients annually, potentially costing millions, considering the lifetime value of each patient (around $12,000). Automation in patient recall can help retain these patients, significantly impacting your bottom line.
Doctible’s Impact in Numbers
Real Results. Real Impact. Real Success.
Want to hear more about Doctible’s impact? Book a demo today and discover how we can help you navigate today's challenges for a brighter future.
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