Get Certified in Making Patients Happy
Get Certified in Making Patients Happy
The average single doctor practice (per Gaidge), which receives approximately 850 new patient calls each year, this increase translates to nearly $300,000.
Some questions can make us feel like we're tap-dancing when we should just answer the question and move on.
Amy coached this scheduling coordinator the art of BREVITY: sentences on the phone; paragraphs in person.
This scheduling coordinator used to dread making appointments, and has now become this practice's ninja (STILL over four years later according to her Doctor!)
Amy helped Debbie feel more confident and use the proper leading question to offer appointments which put Debbie in control of the conversation.
because all your customer relationships are real connections, right from the start.
because you're no longer inadvertently upsetting your valued customers.
because you've built trust with your customers from the beginning, so your win ratio is much higher.
Telephone skills training for efficient and impactful first impressions with your receptionist and front office team.
Treatment Coordinator communication training for consultations to adapt, read the room, and win the start.
Book me for your team or appreciation event you are running to provide customer experience training.
Did you know there are different types of questions? Annoyingly, we often default to the question type that doesn't actually help move us towards our goal.
Take a few moments to watch my short video and you'll learn a few of the different types so you can be more conscious of your speaking habits and bring the correct question type to the situation at hand.
Do share this video with the rest of your team to help them make the same change - it's my little thank you for having you join my mailing list.
Does scheduling your patients for summer appointments make you sweat?
Just when you thought it was safe and you could avoid the common "They are in school," you now have the summer obstacles of vacation, camps, and "they don't want to get up at that time."
If you have followed my posts long enough, you know we do NOT want to give over control. But it can be exhausting that after each 2-option offering, you receive a denial due to their activities.
And then...
...it happens
...out of exhaustion,
...control is given away with one little question,
"So when ARE you available?"
So what's a well-meaning Scheduling Coordinator to do?
I'll tell you...FLIP the QUESTION.
Instead of asking when they ARE available, flip it to ask when they are NOT available. That is providing you their "blackout" dates. Then you can offer options before or after that time.
Click the image below and listen to what I mean...
Now that we have gotten past WHERE to look for an appointment, let's talk about another trap. The HANG...
You know how it is; you are looking at the template and grid in a heroic effort to find a time to offer for THIS week. And you just KNOW that patient, who is rescheduling, feels they simply HAVE to be seen soon...ITHO (in THEIR humble opinion).
So you find that first time and offer it while still looking for that 2nd option...and then...you keep scrolling...and there is nothing else. You are now stuck hanging. How do you fix it?
Click the image below and listen how to ADD A FACT...
Now you are ready for not only the summer but any time of the year.
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