Just like humans, computers can contract illnesses too. Unfortunately, chicken noodle soup and lots of rest won’t help; the only true blue cure is prevention. How do we prevent our bodies from contracting illnesses? We exercise, eat right, manage our stress levels effectively, and some of us even take vitamins. Many people out there…
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Everyone I’m sure has heard a lot about ransomware, but ransomware isn’t the only threat out there, and the number 1 reason offices are hacked is sometimes due to lack of knowledge and understanding of just how scammers operate. Just to give everyone reading this an idea of how prevalent this is, the Competition Bureau…
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Gossip as a whole is found everywhere in every industry; but something I’ve been hearing a lot lately from dental office managers, dental receptionists, and even dentists, is that it is becoming an epidemic in dental offices. Gossip results in a communication break down in the office and becomes a place where employees can’t trust…
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Four Ways Software Can Support Everyone in Your Dental Practice For Dental Office Managers and those dental owners without an office manager, running and managing a dental practice comes with a lot of responsibilities. According to one office manager, she wasn’t even sure what her responsibilities included. So let me fill you in. Dental…
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One situation I’ve noticed that keeps coming up again and again in dental offices, big and small, is the spread of I didn’t know-ism. Before I go into detail about this common and sometimes devastating disease that can spread quickly without the proper treatment, you should know that it can impact any dental office. Best…
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Managing an office takes strength of character, a metric ton of patience, a ridiculous amount of tolerance, and teamwork. How do you feel about your own success? Are you struggling to get by, or are you breezing through? We all know the skills office managers are known to possess to keep the dental practice running…
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Are you ready to buy your first dental practice? Do you know everything you need to know and then some? Or maybe you’re moving, or you want to increase your patient base, or you want to improve your existing practice.7 Whatever the case, the first step to buying a dental practice is always research. …
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May long weekend is coming up, which means one thing: you need a break! Have you thought about what you’re going to do? How you’re going to relax? If a break isn’t on your mind, it should be. Why? The answer is simple: to reduce your stress level and clear your head. Yesterday, my dad…
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Patient education is key to higher patient retention, case acceptance, and even provides free word-of-mouth marketing. Not only that, but it provides the patient an opportunity to be a part of the diagnosis, the treatment, and the prevention, which allows you to establish a relationship and develop trust. However, patient education also requires one very…
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Competition is a big factor when it comes to running any small business. Have you thought about yours? Do you know how many dental practices are located near you? If you live and run your practice in Ontario, this is a statistic you should be aware of: according to the CDA, in 2013, there were…
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