Monitoring Hygiene Production

The idea of tracking production for dental hygienists is often met with resistance. It can be difficult as a health care professional to see that in addition to providing health related services for patients you are also an active participant in a business. If the business isn't producing a profit then at some point you won't be able to provide your services.

Tracking production provides usual information for numerous reasons, including:

• No surprises:  you will know how the practice is doing financially
• Keeps you on your toes:  extra motivation on those days when you feel a little lazy
• Comparison: you can easily track stats year to year/ month to month (new pts, $, hours worked,etc...)
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Below is an example of the excel sheet that I use:

I enter the following information:

• Available hours                                             
• Actual hours seeing patients
• Total number  of patients seen
• Number of new patients

The spread sheet calculates the following information daily and monthly:

• Number of returning patients
• Average hourly production
• Adjusted average hourly production
• Hours of open appointments
• Daily possible production
• Money lost

To request a copy of the above excel sheet contact me at helpfordentalhygienists@gmail.com

Check out this article for a more involved model of production monitoring