
My consulting is done through FaceTime and Zoom with great results!
There are many advantages for the dental practice in this new remote business model. First, the doctor saves the costs of air travel, rental car, hotel and meals, usually amounting to about $1000 per in-office consultation. Another huge advantage is that we would not need to work the consulting process into three days, spending many hours together, often into the evenings. The consultation now can be spread over several weeks or months, at the discretion of the doctor(s). I do all my discussions with doctors and staff members over Facebook or Zoom. These meetings can be private with just one staff member or doctor, or in groups. A full staff meeting can be held with everyone on line at the same time, with any number of participants in the office or at home. Reports that I previously ran while I was in the office can be run by staff members, or the doctor, and submitted to me by a scan or attached to an email. By screen sharing on Zoom, I could discuss these reports with those involved.
Who could ever have imagined that our amazing technology would have allowed us to do work remotely and so effectively?
I have found that clients are greatly in need of my advice at this time. There are staff conflicts, staff members leaving the field of dentistry, and other staff who need to be hired. There may be purchases of practices of older dentists who may want to retire. On top of this come all the regular issues of managing a dental practice.