Australasian Dentist Magazine Sept-Oct 2021

Category 142 Australasian Dentist Melbourne Clair Whitehead 0421 338 801 • clair@whiteheadlegal.com.au Sydney Julian Whitehead 0411 406 151 • julian@whiteheadlegal.com.au Starting up a practice , acquiring a practice or selling your practice ? Need ongoing legal advice for your practice on employees or expansion ? Make sure your lawyer has Dental Law Intellectual Property . Whitehead Legal focuses almost exclusively on dental surgeons and dental specialists . We understand the process and the critical commercial and operational issues for dentists . Our specialisation , our exclusivity , our ever-growing dental knowledge bank , our dental industry history , our continued collaboration and trust within the dental industry are the fundamentals of our key Dental Law IP . Your practice innovation criteria checklist Part 2 By Dr Michael Ryan B. Ec, B. Jp, MBA, DBA re ailing Mike Ryan The system for smart innovation I bet you can think of a system in your practice that should be innovated. Dental dispensing is one Innovation you can embrace now – is easy and better for you and your patient! Prescribing then dispensing puts you in control of the patient experience, providing pain relief, calmatives or antibiotics are an important and convenient service for patients, which ensures a positive, and hassle-free dental experience. Dispensing inside your practice guarantees that your patient has the right products and treatment appropriate advice. Research has shown that perhaps a third of patients intend to follow your advice but fail to do so as they are distracted by the pressures of the dental visit and life. In this COVID world the easier you can make it for your patients the better, stop sending them to the pharmacy – dispense yourself. Dispensing is simple: u Buy your stock and prepare you labels; we can help with this – www.acumen. dental u The dentists use their allocated script pad and writes a scrip as normal u The team then prepares the prescribed product from stock and places the appropriate label on the stock u The dentist then completes and personalises the label u The dentist then advises the patient on what to take and then and hands the product to the patient (dispensing). u The dentist adds the appropriate clinical notes to the patient file u Your practice obtains an A5 binder and keeps the physical script – it’s that simple. Have one binder per year and keep them for seven years. Easy administration: Use a standard price for all dispensing transactions to make it easy – a way to bundle the prescription (as a medical practitioner), the product, the advice and the dispensing fee (yes, you get to charge a dispensing fee just like a pharmacy) – you can bundle the services into one simple transaction. We use item number 927, which is fully claimable for most funds. (Yes, so no out-of-pocket cost to your patient) One simple fee of $29.95 for all 927’s and no additional hassle and risk to visit a pharmacy Added income a win-win: Dental practices are all looking for ways to grow our practice and improve our clinical services. Up to 50% of patients require analgesics pre or post treatment or some form of antibiotic – you do the sums. If 50% of you patients provided an additional $29 income each for the year most of which was profit for very little extra effort and it improved your patient care – that’s a win –win. Acumen Dental has proven tools, templates, resources and YouTube videos We can help with this simple innovation that helps you and your patients. u Simply join and order at www.acumen.dental to get started. Dr Mike Ryan (DBA) – Acumen Dental Dispensing go to https://acumen.dental , see YouTube, contact at info@acumen.dental, fax to 03 9568 2885 or write to PO Box 608, Carnegie 3163 © Acumen Dental 2020