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Karen Greenhouse, PhD (c), MFT

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3940 Laurel Canyon Blvd, #357

Studio City, CA  91604

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(800) 300-1953 (CA only)

(800) 980-1953 (outside CA)

 

  

 

 

What Are Dental Managment Consultants?

Management consultants are people who are qualified by training and experience to help dentists  analyze management problems, recommend solutions, and when, necessary, aid in implementing the solutions.

                                                                                               

Why Would A Smart Dentist Even Consider Hiring a Consultant?

     
1)   In business, success requires more than just being an excellent dentist and delivering quality care.  It requires the knowledge of how to explain dentistry to patients, and have them accept your recommendations.  Running a Dental practice also  requires the ability to organize the dental office, its operations, find adequate financing, control costs and inventory, hire effective employees, and manage and motivate people.  Being in business also requires that you do what is necessary to earn a profit.
     
2)    No single person can be expert in every aspect of business.
     
3)    To be successful in business, you don’t have to know all there is to know about business, but you have to know WHEN and WHERE to seek help and HOW to use it.
     
4)    In business, one important source of help is the Consultant, the expert in one or more phases of your business.  
      
5)    Going to a consultant is not the admission of failure that some inexperienced dentists believe it is.  Seeking help means that you are committed to success, you want to take advantage of the state of the art in building your business and meeting it’s needs.
      
6)    The modern dental business environment is one of intense competition.  Successful business people recognize their limits.  They are prepared to seek help when they truly need it and pay for it.  
      
7)    A consultant with more experience and greater objectivity in seeing your practice issues is in a better position to evaluate the relative importance of the observed causes.  Also the consultant may be less like to overlook crucial evidence.  
     
8)    A consultant who has seen your problem in other settings may be in a position to interpret the available facts with greater accuracy and thus arrive more promptly at a workable solution.
     
9)    The most common reason for engaging a consultant is the need for more resources than the practice itself can bring to bear on a problem.