Practice Management Insider: What are your clinical commandments?

Dear Practice Management Insider,

Providing consistent, repeatable standards for your team and your patients is necessary for a well-run practice. These clinical commandments help ensure everyone is on the same page and that your patients don't receive mixed messages. Practice management consultant Jen Butler offers practical tips to put these commandments into place. Read more here.

In other Practice Management Community news, Dr. David Black writes that many in dentistry have a specific idea about net production per hour for both dentists and hygienists in a practice. But according to Dr. Black's analysis of U.S. practice data, both dentist and hygiene production is down. He looks into why and what you can do. Learn more here.

As this flu season seems like it will never end, it's a good idea for practices to do what they can to prevent the spread of flu and other infections to patients and team members. Sarah Bell-West, PhD, details steps your practice can take to keep the flu in check. Read more here.

When you drove to your practice this morning, did you know what to expect from your schedule? Practice management consultant Sally McKenzie suggests you should know and offers six tips that can help your practice address the scheduling stress. Learn more here.