By the time a patient sits down with you, they've already formed a strong impression of your practice — from the booking experience, the phone manner, the waiting room, and above all the welcome at the front desk. Those first ninety seconds shape how they feel about everything that follows, including, fairly or not, their confidence in the care.
It's easy to pour all your attention into the clinical encounter and treat the surrounding experience as background. But to the patient there's no separation — the warm, organised front desk and the long, ignored wait are part of the care they received. A brilliant consultation can be undermined by a cold arrival, and a warm welcome can carry a patient through a busy day with grace.
Your reception team and your environment aren't peripheral. They're the opening chapter of every patient's story with you. Worth making sure that chapter says what you'd want it to.
Walk in your own front door as a patient would, sometime this week. What did the first ninety seconds tell you?
Designing the whole patient experience — front desk included — is part of the [Practice Management course].
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Annie
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