Your Greatest Asset As A New Practice…..Time

A recent study showed that it takes roughly 26 days for a patient to be able to schedule an appointment at a medical practice. As a new practice you should start booking new appointments a few weeks ahead of your actual opening to make sure you are generating revenue on Day 1. However, for a brief moment in time you have a distinct advantage…..time. You can get way ahead of the 26 day average to schedule an appointment by being a new provider who can be as flexible as needed to gain market share. A lot of patients aren’t necessarily loyal to a practice, they are much more interested in who can get them in first. Take the opportunity to welcome these patients looking for the fastest available appointment and then turn them into life long patients with a great experience. Again, the ability to see patients same day or next day will not always be the case but take advantage of the ability to get patients into your office quickly in the early days and then turn them into forever patients by being able to provide great care.