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Those Maddening Phones - Are They Wasting Your Time?
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3782 |
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Those Maddening Phones - Are They Wasting Your Time? |
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http://www.soundpractice.net/images/sound/podcast/Those_Maddening_Phones_Are_They_Wasting_Your_Time.mp3 |
| Description |
Judy Capko, Author of the Best-Seller Secrets of the Best-Run Practices and her newest book (publishing March 1, 2008) Take Back Time: Bringing Time Management to Medicine, discusses in this 20-minute podcast why medical practices have such trouble with phone demand and she provides concrete tips and solutions to help the problem. Judy covers how to audit your inbound calls, getting to the root of the "system" vs. the "staffing" problem, how to train staff for good telephone skills, and why a common complaint from patients is the insensitivity of staff members on the phone. |
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Mar 6, 2008 |
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