Walk Away From Your Business
Managing a group of independent practitioners can be a consuming task. Many practice owners spend the majority of their time playing ‘traffic controller’, trying to connect their independent practitioners ‘loose’ availability with client appointment requests. They commit to a clients appointment request, then try to find a practitioner on their ‘list’ that can take the appointment.
There is a more effective and efficient way ….
With the availability of easy to use Internet based software services or Software as a Service (SaaS), a multi practitioner practice owner can put their practitioners scheduling on auto pilot. When doing so, you can literally walk away from your business and let client scheduling and staff availability management be supported by technology.
An online scheduling application that includes robust practice management features, can give a practice owner the ability to empower their practitioners to set and manage their own schedules.
After agreeing with the owner what days of the week and hours during these days they will make themselves available, practitioners can then manage their own availability and also be alerted automatically (mostly commonly via text to cell), that they have a new appointment on their calendar. If allowed, clients can schedule same day appointments and the system can then alert each practitioner independently (per their own pre set individualized advanced notice time frame) of pending appointments, without having the owner involved in the process (the owner can be copied all new appointment notices if they choose to be).
One of our clients left her practice in the hands of her two therapists last summer, when she was invited to go on tour with Faith Hill and Tim McGraw as their personal therapist. Knowing that her scheduling processes were being supported by her online practice management system, she knew that no matter where she was she could access her calendar and manage her practice online. Having her business supported by an online practice management system and virtual receptionist allowed her to say yes to this once in a life time opportunity. She hit the road with less than a weeks notice.
With the right system, a practicing owner can easily keep a full schedule themselves while at the same time leveraging this easy to use technology to manage their therapists schedules, client appointment requests and communications.
If you own an appointment based business and are looking to maximize your time and revenue opportunities, I encourage you to put our practice management service to work for you. Simply put … it will help your business grow.
