584: 5 Tips to Increase Productivity as a Dental Team - Robyn Theisen - a podcast by ACT Dental

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5 Tips to Increase Productivity as a Dental Team

Episode #584 with Robyn Theisen

Your schedule may be full — but full of what? If your days are packed with busywork, you're not productive or profitable! So, how do you increase productivity without working harder? To find out, don't miss this episode! Kirk Behrendt brings back Robyn Theisen, one of ACT’s amazing coaches, with five tips to work smarter as a team to run a more predictable, productive practice. To learn how to get started, listen to Episode 584 of The Best Practices Show!

Episode Resources:


Links Mentioned in This Episode:

The Best Practices Show Episode 566 with Robyn Theisen

The Best Practices Show Episode 576 with Debra Engelhardt-Nash

Main Takeaways:

Have morning meetings.

Start by setting goals and setting schedules.

Get a mix of patients. Don't recycle the same ones.

Focus on bringing back unscheduled A patients, not C patients.

Understand the difference between being busy and being productive.

Quotes:

“Working smarter, not harder, is cliché and it fits here with the way you leave at the end of the day. How do you feel about your day? If you're exhausted, that's a different type of productivity than leaving at the end of the day like, ‘That was a great day! It felt good. We saw patients. We were able to spend time with all of our patients. They left with great service.’ That makes for a more productive day, I believe, and there are ways to do that to make sure that you can accomplish that.” (3:57—4:24)

“Where I would start is setting goals, and then creating a block schedule or scheduling to goal. There are different ways to refer to it and different ways to set it up, but knowing, what is your goal at the end of each day? And the easiest way to do that is by a number. So, you have a production goal, setting up your goals that way, and then analyzing your schedule. When do I want to do the most productive procedures? When do I want to put those into my day? Do I want to have that all done by noon and after lunch? Or if you're working straight through that afternoon part, it’s set up where you're doing different types of procedures that don't require as much for you. I also think that blocking your hygiene schedule and setting that up with it is another way to not feel crazy during the day. How many exams do I want to do in an hour? How do I incorporate scaling and root planing blocks into that? How do I incorporate the new patient block so that you have the time to be in all of those different places, and...

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