THE DIGITAL STREAM

In last week’s post, I discussed the impact that gossip can have on practices. To help you alleviate this problem, I am providing some ideas that will help you facilitate communication within the office so employees feel comfortable speaking to each other as issues arise. Here are the top five tips anyone can use to improve their professional (and even personal) communication:

During my time as a communication and relationship specialist, I have encountered a number of communication problems that occur in the workplace. Out of all these issues, I have found that gossip is the one problem that has the most toxic effect on the dental practice. If not handled properly, gossip has the potential to destroy workplace relationships, decrease productivity and even impact patient care.

In dentistry, digital records, digital radiographs and digital photography already predominate. The next big change, already underway, will be digital impressions. Future technologies will include diagnostics and artificial intelligence.

To understand what dentists should look for in 2015, we asked a number of experts about their opinions on this year’s trends. This is what Zachary Kulsrud, managing editor of Dental Economics, had to say: