There is a lot of talk going around the dental industry these days about Dental Patient Registration Forms being made available to fill out online by the patient. At this years ADA International Session in San Francisco it was a topic that created some buzz around the show. But do you really need to have your dental patient registration forms online? How important is it?  The real person to ask… the office manager!

Online dental patient registration forms make life easier for office managers when patients can fill them out from home, before they come for their visit. The office manager has to ensure that the forms are fully filled out, filled out correctly, and that all information makes sense and is legible in order for all information to be recorded. Not to mention ensuring that the patient (or new patient) brings all the required materials to the visit necessary to complete the forms. When the forms are filled out at the patients home, online in digital format, all of those problems are taken care of. This gives the office manager the ability to focus on other items and emergencies that are going on around the office.

So if your dental patient registration forms are not currently made available online for your patients, you need to seriously start considering the option. Doing so will enhance your dental practice efficiency and productivity. Our website www.patientdocs.com will tell you more about our services and how our Med eForms service will help give you want you are looking for with online dental patient registration forms.

What is dental web site development? Dental web site development is much more than just web design. It’s much more than just having a website. It’s about having a functional website for your dental practice that actually does things for you. Creating a custom, good looking website is half the battle. You need to be able to visually appeal to your potential patients and show off your professionalism and clinical excellence. But the other half of the battle is giving your customer a website they can use. Something tangible. Something useful.

Patientdocs.com has been working extensively for the past 6 months on their  dental web site development service.  You get a custom web design with Patientdocs.com, but you also get online forms, appointment request tools, patient education tools, and many other features with your website that help enhance your site for the user and achieve ultimate dental web site development. So when you are looking for a new website for your dental practice, make sure you are asking yourself the right questions when you are figuring out what you want on that website. Make sure that you are asking for features that your patients and new patients can use. Ask for dental web site development!

In the recent July edition of Dental Economics Magazine, a helpful article was written by Mickey Bernstein, DDS titled AACD Accreditation: The key to successful Internet Marketing. It highlighted many important things about the importance of having a strong online presence for the dental office. A couple of the notes I highlighted are quoted below:

“Individual Web sites provide an opportunity for patients to preview the skill and artistry of the cosmetic dentist they are considering. On the provider’s site, patients often can view before-and-after images, patient testimonials, and a list of services offered.

Some sites have the ability to complete registration forms and make exam and recall appointments.”

Pretty interesting information. The writer, who is also a doctor himself claims that “eighty percent” of his new patients now come via the Internet. That is a tremendous statistic if it is accurate. Even 50% is a very high number of new patients from the web. This example shows the importance of a website for the dental practice and how effective it really can potentially be.

More great results coming from our Dental SEO program.  Horizon Dental of  Taylorsville, another member of the Horizon Dental group now has top rank placement on google for the term “taylorsville dentist”. See for yourself:

This is working out great for the actual practice in bringing in new patients every month. The beautiful thing about this is that it’s what we call an “Organic” listing. Unlike pay per click ads, we don’t have to pay for this listing on Google. If you are interested in our Dental SEO program click here - Dental SEO. We can help any dental practice get more patients with our Dental Search Engine Marketing approach.

I’m proud to announce that our dental search engine efforts have benefited Horizon Dental of Payson. They are currently the very top listing when you do a Google search for the most important term in their market, “Payson Dentist”. See the image below for yourself:

This has been fantastic news for Horizon Dental of Payson. It has given them a marketing advantage over their competitors that they are proud of. Now, whenever someone does a search for Payson Dentist they are naturally going to find themselves navigating to the Horizon Dental of Payson website due to it’s wonderful search engine position.

We have officially this week begun to use StumbleUpon actively in all of our dental search engine optimization efforts. This has been done in a new attempt to strengthen our already strong existing Dental SEO package that we provide to all of our dentists. For those of you who are new to StumbleUpon, it’s a social bookmarking site that allows you to rate, comment, and share websites. By hitting the “stumbleupon” button on your toolbar they give you when you sign up you are taken to random websites. You can then give those sites a thumbs up or thumbs down depending on whether or not you liked the site.

This provides a perfect opportunity for dentists to be found on the internet. That is why Patientdocs.com has decided to join forces with stumbleupon to help strengthen it’s dental search engine optimization package and help dentists drive more traffic to their dental office.  You can go to the services page on patientdocs.com to learn more about our Dental SEO plan.

That’s right we will be there. The ADA Annual Session and convention held in the Moscone Center in San Francisco, CA from the 27th of September to the 30th. The ADA convention provides over 300 continuing education courses for dentists in it’s four days. It also features guest speakers, such as Billy Crystal. To learn more about this convention click here.

We will be there advertising our services of Online Forms, Website Design, Appointment Reminders, and Search Engine Optimization. We are giving away a 3-day vacation to every dentist that signs up for our services, as well as 2 3-day vacations each day randomly to visitors of our booth. We are extremely excited to be going to this convention. This will be our first time attending. So if you happen to be attending the show be sure to look for our booth at #1846 and look for the big PatientDocs.com logo. See you at the show!

We recently finished a website for Horizon Dental of Taylorsville, a dental practice located in Taylorsville, Utah. They were easy and fun to work with and the website was put together efficiently. Horizon Dental of Taylorsville has their forms online for their new patients to fill out and submit to the office through the website. They also have an Appointment Request form so that new visitors to their website can contact them and become new patients. You won’t have a hard time finding their office because they have created a contact page that has a Google map of their location with an address.

If you want to meet the dentist or know more about the staff you can because of content they have provided to their visitors. They also have provided coupons on their website to provide special deals to existing and new patients who visit their website. What if you want to know what services they provide? Or what if you want to know what Insurances they accept? Have no worry! They have created pages for that information as well. That way you know everything you need to know before you come into their office. Visit Horizon Dental of Taylorsville’s website today by going to www.horizondentaltaylorsville.com. If you are reading this blog post and you are in the Taylorsville, Utah area, go visit their office and ask them about their online discounts!

Horizon Dental of Payson is a dental practice that we have recently helped by building them a website and putting their forms online. They did not have a website previously to working with us, which gave us the freedom to create a brand new look for their practice on the web. We enjoyed working with their staff and office manager Robin. They were kind, nice, and prompt in getting us all the necessary information we needed for their site.

Horizon Dental of Payson is currently getting number one search engine results for the term Payson Dentist on msn.com. Click here to view their website, and of course if you are in the Payson, Utah area go check out their practice and setup an appointment with them. Dr. Madsen who is their dentist does fantastic work!

What should I look for when choosing a dentist? Or better yet, what do people look for when choosing a dentist? It’s an interesting question. We are currently trying to find any type of statistics that would help us in learning more about this subject. For now, we found some interesting information that the ADA gives to people for choosing a dentist. On one of thier FAQ page located by clicking here, you find some helpful information regarding this subject. Here are their top 7 things “to look for” when choosing a dentist:

• Is the appointment schedule convenient for you?
• Is the office easy to get to from your home or job?
• Does the office appear to be clean, neat and orderly?
• Was your medical and dental history recorded and placed in a permanent file?
• Does the dentist explain techniques that will help you prevent dental health problems? Is dental health instruction provided?
• Are special arrangements made for handling emergencies outside of office hours? (Most dentists make arrangements with a colleague or emergency referral service if they are unable to tend to emergencies.)
• Is information provided about fees and payment plans before treatment is scheduled?
• Is your dentist a member of the ADA?

This points made by the ADA are very interesting. They prove the need for a Dental Practice to have a website! In comparison to these bullets the ADA has generously provided, I would like to show you how a website would fulfill each one of these needs. Here you go:

• Show appointment times and days on website homepage
• Have a “Find Us” section of your website with a map and directions to your practice
• Show pictures of the practice on the website, showing patients how clean the office is
• Online forms for digital recording of medical and dental history
• Have a patient education section on your website providing instruction to patients
• Contact us form for asking for special arrangements
• Content page about fees and payment plans on website
• About the Dentist page clearly stating ADA membership

There you go! A dentist website can accomplish all of these things. This is why an effective website is critical to be chosen above your dental competitors in your area.