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How To Boost the Bottom Line by Being Patient Centric

Practice Profitability

 

Presented by: Mark Cannon, DDS, MS

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Course Description:

How to Boost the "Bottom Line" by Being Patient-centric. Patient-centric means it is the patient that matters most. The Doctor and team need education, but the patient needs education, too! Ultimately, patient-centric means it is the responsibility of the patient, the individual. But how do you boost the bottom line while being patient-centric?

Learning Objectives:

  • Identify the following: What is the bottom line?
  • Identify ways to increase revenues by providing patients with what they need.
  • Create a healthy and profitable "office vibe."
  • Identify ways to keep the dental chairs warm with new patients.

Speaker Bio:

Mark L. Cannon is a Professor of the Otolaryngology Division of Dentistry at Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, an Attending Physician at Ann and Robert Lurie Children’s Hospital, and a member of the International Association of Pediatric Dentistry. In addition to being the founder of Associated Dental Specialists of Long Grove (1981), he is the Research Coordinator of the Pediatric Dental residency program at Ann and Robert Lurie Children’s Hospital, Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Cannon has 40 years of experience in pediatric dentistry and has presented lectures both nationally and internationally.

He lectures on many oral health topics, including evolutionary oral medicine, the gateway microbiomes, biologic and bioactive dental materials (patents owner), probiotics, and all aspects of everyday Pediatric oral health. Dr. Cannon has presented guest lectures at the University of Athens, Greece; Sao Paulista State University; UNESP, Aracatuba, Brazil; University of Texas- Houston; University of Alabama-Birmingham; Louisiana State University- New Orleans; and at the University of Illinois, Chicago, Department of Pediatric Dentistry. He has had presentations to the following organizations: I.A.D.R./A.A.D.R., the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry, the American Society of Dentistry for Children, Academy of Dental Materials, World Congress of Biological Materials, International Association of Pediatric Dentistry, Pediatric Dental Association of Asia, Australasian Academy of Pediatric Dentistry, World Congress of Preventive Dentistry, Mexican Association of Pediatric Dentistry and the European Association of Pediatric Dentistry.