by Riesner Consulting | Aug 7, 2026 | Communication, Dental Practice Management Consulting, Dental Practice Systems, Good Patient Relations, Practice Management
A few days ago I got a feed from EDIC, the malpractice insurance company, written by Katie Panikian, JD, Chief Risk Officer. It definitely surprised and frightened me. Many of my clients routinely text patients from their cell phones or from an employee...
by Riesner Consulting | Jun 6, 2026 | Dental Practice Management Consulting, Dental Practice Systems, Fulfillment, life of your dreams, positive thinking, Practice Management
It is so easy to get caught up with filling your life with more patients, more procedures, more social activities, with the goal to earn, save and spend more and more money. In the process of doing this, what is sacrificed is your body, your health, your sense...
by Riesner Consulting | Apr 21, 2026 | delegating work,, Dental Practice Management Consulting, Dental Practice Systems, employee performance, Employment opportunities,, Practice Management, Staff Management
To be maximally productive, a dentist must have properly trained staff members to help produce the treatment and enough of them! Here is how to calculate how many staff members you need: For each room that you want to use, you must have either a chairside assistant, a...
by Riesner Consulting | Dec 18, 2025 | Cleanliness in the Office, Dental Practice Management Consulting, Dental Practice Systems, new year checklist, Practice Management
This is the time that you should look at your office as if you were a new patient arriving for the first time. The appearance of your office should be fabulous! It reflects on the dentistry that you want your patients to accept. It is just like “Company is...
by Riesner Consulting | Oct 31, 2025 | Communication, delegating work,, Dental Practice Systems, Leadership, Practice Management, Staff Management
Recently I came across something very helpful and interesting that I had seen years ago but totally forgot about. It is actually called the Eisenhower Matrix because Dwight D Eisenhower developed it years ago, to increase productivity. We often spend...
by Riesner Consulting | Aug 26, 2025 | Communication, delegating work,, Dental Practice Management Consulting, Dental Practice Systems, employee performance, Employment opportunities,, Leadership, Practice Management, Staff Management, staff meeting communication
I find that many of my clients cringe at the thought of disciplining employees who are not doing the job that they were hired to do. Somehow, the doctors think that the problem will just go away! Or they think that someone else will handle...
