
As you and your staff finish an appointment, you take a look at your watch. It’s lunchtime! You hear your team members chat about where they want to go for lunch, and they transition the phones to an answering service. Basically, if a patient calls while everyone is out, their call will forward to a company that can take messages. When your team gets back, they can reach out to the patients who left a message while they were out. But did you know that this method can cause you to lose money? Instead, you should use a dental answering service that can work with your schedule and set up appointments for patients who call in while your staff is unavailable.
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