8 Quick Ways To Upgrade Your Patient Experience
Patient care is the core of your practice. Patients come to you because they know your team provides the best care in town. However, your team shouldn’t focus solely on patient care. You also need to think about the patient EXPERIENCE.
Pretend you’re a patient. When you walk through the office, what do you see? Are the magazines in your waiting room outdated? Are there only three squares left on the toilet paper roll? Patients notice these things, and something as simple as a dusty counter can affect a patient’s loyalty.
So, how do you retain more patients? Make them feel special! You can:
- Plug in an air freshener
- Hand out gift cards
- Send a handwritten card from your team
- Make goodie bags for the Patient of the Day
- Put a FULL roll of toilet paper in the bathroom
It’s all in the little details. Patients should walk out of your practice feeling valued, refreshed and excited to come back again. For more ideas, be sure to watch our latest video with your team. You can also learn how to do a patient walkthrough of your office here.
Elevate that patient experience!
Kirk Behrendt
Kirk Behrendt is a renowned consultant and speaker in the dental industry, known for his expertise in helping dentists create better practices and better lives. With over 30 years of experience in the field, Kirk has dedicated his professional life to optimizing the best systems and practices in dentistry. Kirk has been a featured speaker at every major dental meeting in the United States. His company, ACT Dental, has consistently been ranked as one of the top dental consultants in Dentistry Today's annual rankings for the past 10 years. In addition, ACT Dental was named one of the fastest-growing companies in the United States by Inc Magazine, appearing on their Inc 5000 list. Kirk's motivational skills are widely recognized in the dental industry. Dr. Peter Dawson of The Dawson Academy has referred to Kirk as "THE best motivator I have ever heard." Kirk has also assembled a trusted team of advisor experts who work with dentists to customize individual solutions that meet their unique needs. When he's not motivating dentists and their teams, Kirk enjoys coaching his children's sports teams and spending time with his amazing wife, Sarah, and their four children, Kinzie, Lily, Zoe, and Bo.
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