So, now we have two choices.  We can put this person somewhere in our afternoon.   Or we can tell them we can’t see them this afternoon.  But wait!  There’s a little more to this to consider.  Remember,  it isn’t a surprise.  What we couldn’t predict, was who would call.  But we knew there would be a call.  Perhaps more than one!   So, I’ve got a great idea to consider.   Try this on your next extended weekend or vacation from the office.

Dental Office Holiday Mondays Plan

Keep the afternoon schedule completely open for emergency care!  Schedule a full morning of production and meet your office goal with your morning.   And then, keep the afternoon open for a more relaxed wind down to the weekend.  Then, if there truly are no emergency patients on this day, everyone has the chance to slowly unwind and slip into holiday mode.  However, I bet you’ll see some activity for the afternoon.  And can take advantage of this opportunity to welcome some new patients into the practice.  Or maybe even reactivate a dormant patient who needs some treatment!

Then, we do exactly the same thing in our schedule.  With just one little twist.  We schedule all our production for the morning.  And again, we leave the afternoon free for emergency care and immediate needs.   

However, we do this one important thing differently in our morning.  We only schedule patients we truly trust to show up.   Of course, anything can change. And it will.  But our most dependable and reliable patients only are scheduled the day after a holiday break.

Dental Office Holiday Mondays Success

That’s really it!  These simple steps relieve so much stress.  And eliminate our need to have a pre-vacation and a post-vacation hell experience.  Let’s have a better dental office day every day.  And feel like we truly had a restful break from the daily grind. 

We might also find we are more excited to return from a holiday break.  Because we know we’ve set the stage so well.  And we have the time and energy to manage the day so much better.  Cheers!