Over 60 million households have access to the Internet.As consumers become more comfortable with the Internet, they will expect you to provide certain information about your practice before they come to the office.A web page is simple and inexpensive.A web site, different from a web page, can be costly to build and expensive to maintain.The cost to develop a web site cannot be reflected in our fees.It is simply a cost of doing business.
With your subscription to ODCS, you now have a web site personalized to your practice.SDS provides a template designed by a dentist, for the practicing dentist.Your site can be edited from your office.SDS provides technical support and maintenance of your site.
· Show a photo of your office or staff.
· List biographies of doctors or staff.
· List the services that you provide.
· List payment methods your office accepts.
· List participating insurance plans.
· List office hours for each location and make changes from your office computer.
· Provide online access to the forms that your patient must complete before treatment. (Patient information, health questionnaire, consent forms)
· Provide online access to special instructions for your patients (pre op, post op, denture care, “what to expect”)
· List access, after hour, and emergency numbers on site.
· Provide email link to on-call staff or office.
· Supplement your online information with SDS’s Ask the Doctor service which provides Oral Surgery Q & A for your patients.
· Show photo of each staff member (Coming soon!)
· Select from multiple templates, color schemes (Coming Soon!)
· Cost effective web site for your practice.
· Saves front desk time.
· Your patients can go to your site, down load health questionnaire, patient profile, and any forms that you want them to complete when they arrive at the office. Patients can complete your health questionnaire at home where they have more accurate records.
· Advertise your practice on a pass code protected site.
· Provide personalized information to your patients.
· Provide after hour access to your practice for your patients.
· You can update your site from your office computer.
· Professional, technical support and management of site.
· View services provided by your practice.
· Read biographies of your professional staff and view a photo of office or staff.
· See participating insurance plans, accepted payment types, and office policies.
· See office hours and any changes.
· Download office forms to be complete before arriving for treatment.
· Download directions to different locations.
· Review special instruction before and after treatment.
· 24-7 online access to office including email.
· 24-7 access to a ‘Patient Notice’ that scrolls on the web page.(Any message that you want your patients to receive… parking changes, insurance changes, new service offerings or office policies.)
1. Click on Registration at the left and register for ODCS.
(Take advantage of introductory rates.)
2. Obtain ID and password for your staff and patients.
3. Check out Your Web Site and other ODCS benefits through Member Resources.
4. Follow instructions to complete simple online forms to create your web site.
Your site is available as soon as you complete the forms.That’s It!