Using Text Software

Hi, this is David Kats with Therapist Consultants, and I have a tip for you. It used to be that we said, "If you have a patient that hasn't been in for a week or more, you probably should give them a call." Now, that's becoming old procedure. About 10 years ago, that became old procedure, and we started giving texts. Now, we're into the third generation where our software will generally send texts if you know how to set your software up correctly.

All I'm saying is this. Find out how to set up your software so we'll automatically send a text to your patients, reminding them of their appointment. Because, you see, even if you missed just one appointment a week that people don't come in, that's 50 appointments a year. That would be $100 at the minimum. That's $5,000 that you're losing simply by not setting up this text ability in your software. Why don't you go ahead and set it up this week. Get it done. You only have to do it once. It works forever.

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You can come to our podcast at therapistconsultants.com, or you can go to any place you watch podcasts and just look for my name, David Kats, K-A-T-S, and you will find that you'll have a lot of fun in the podcast. We become a community. You're going to grow as a result of it. This is David Kats. Thanks for listening.