How virtual assistants help dentists focus on patient care

You’ll find several ways virtual assistants help dentists. In the quickly moving world of dentistry, practitioners sometimes find themselves deluged by administrative tasks that keep them from focusing on what they do best: caring for patients. Like any business manager, dentists have to deal with many issues that demand their attention and sap their time. Oddly enough, managing a dental practice gets more complex as the demand for dental services rises, notwithstanding the relentless advancements in efficiency through technology.

So, how do virtual assistants help dentists? By reducing admin work and offering office support. In this article, we delve into the subject. 

Reducing admin work for dentists

A significant benefit of using virtual dental assistants is reducing non-clinical work. Most dentists did not go to years of school to become dental care providers so they could spend their days answering phones, returning emails, and keeping track of office supplies. Any dentistry practiced must be done under the direction of a trained and licensed dentist.

Dentists can delegate various administrative roles to virtual assistants, including managing patient records, scheduling appointments, and following up with patients to perform inquiries they made at the last appointment. These are just a few VA-friendly tasks that can take time away from patient care. Yet, when these tasks are delegated to VAs, the practice's efficiency increases as more time is freed up for the dentist to spend with patients in the diagnosis stage and moving forward with treatment plans.

Dental office support

Dental offices can receive virtual office support that is genuinely all but virtual, akin to full-time, in-house administrative personnel. Virtual dental assistants can operate practically, even electronically, for many functions and tasks that any regular office staff member could accomplish. 

Despite the name 'virtual assistant,' these operatives work in a way that makes them a very real and viable alternative to hiring any temporary or permanent part-time or full-time office help. 

Small and medium-sized practices might live double lives in both clinical and office as the dentist 'jacks up' the amount of time spent in trays and can barely make an entry into their forest of paperwork, let alone keep any semblance of an organized, functional dental office, unless and until they hire staff. By employing virtual assistants, dental practices can save money and achieve office organization and all the needed staff functions.

Insurance verification

Don't let the service you are about to receive be obstructed by administrative paperwork. We also handle insurance verification. One of the biggest complications for patients and dental practices is tracking insurance data and approvals. This type of process can be time-consuming, as well as financially damaging for both parties.

A virtual assistant from Reach offers this type of service. We have specialized assistants for these types of tasks. Our clients integrate a VA to their team who will be able to verify this data remotely and quickly.

Dental virtual assistants

Virtual dental assistants are trained to meet the unique challenges of running a dental practice. They know the industry, dental terminology, procedures, and insurance processes. They handle your dental administrative tasks with a high level of effectiveness, allowing you to work with a dental virtual assistant confidently. 

A dental virtual assistant can serve your practice as an administrative assistant. Yet, you can be sure your practice is in excellent hands even when operating much more efficiently.

Remote assistants with Reach

Via the remote work model, administrative staff doesn’t need physical office space, freeing up resources for practices to allocate otherwise and for which they might need to be in the same place.

So, if you want to spend less time managing potential inquiries and more time attending to them, hire a virtual assistant for your dental office. At Reach, VAs are already trained and ready to adapt to your business's demands. Contact us for more information!