{"id":16629,"date":"2021-08-31T11:13:06","date_gmt":"2021-08-31T18:13:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/todaysveterinarybusiness.com\/?p=10656"},"modified":"2022-06-15T17:48:04","modified_gmt":"2022-06-15T17:48:04","slug":"the-text-factor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/navc.sitepreview.app\/todaysveterinarybusiness.com\/the-text-factor\/","title":{"rendered":"The Text Factor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Ask any interested veterinarian about client communication technology trends these days and you\u2019ll inevitably find yourself talking about text messaging. It doesn\u2019t matter if you start out discussing practice management software, smartphone apps or VoIP phone systems \u2014 it seems that, increasingly, all communication roads lead to texting. That\u2019s what pet owners want, so that\u2019s what technology companies are going to provide.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">This shouldn\u2019t be surprising, really, when you look at broader trends in our society. <i>Healthcare IT News<\/i> calls SMS (short message service) the \u201cdigital health tool of the century\u201d<sup>1<\/sup> and reports that 91 percent of human healthcare patients would prefer to talk to their providers via text messaging.<sup>2<\/sup> Why should it be any different in veterinary medicine?<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">We talked to two practice owners \u2014 one longtime successful veteran and one up-and-comer \u2014 to learn about their most common client communication challenges and how technology helps solve them. Both pride themselves on running high-tech hospitals, but both also deeply value personal connection with their clients. Here\u2019s how they make that happen.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a01. <\/span><\/span>Bridging the Generational Divide<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Rocky Gorge Animal Hospital was founded in Laurel, Maryland, in 1950, and Steven Wolchinsky, DVM, has endeavored to maintain the practice\u2019s old-school community presence since purchasing it in 2005. Now part of the NVA practice group, Rocky Gorge in 2021 is an 18,000-square-foot facility with 17\u00a0doctors and nearly 100 employees.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cWe\u2019re a crazy-busy, high-tech practice,\u201d Dr.\u00a0Wolchinsky says. \u201cThe question is, how do you keep those old-fashioned values you started with? Most practices lose their way, but it\u2019s been important to me to keep those principles.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Dr. Wolchinsky says one of his greatest challenges is communicating with different generations of clients according to their preference. \u201cIn the past, clients never drove how I ran the practice,\u201d he says. \u201cEven if I had crappy technology, they loved their veterinarian. Now enter the millennials, and they\u2019ve changed everything. They care as much about their pets as baby boomers, but they insist on having things their way.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">In earlier times, baby boomers would call the practice and complain if they didn\u2019t like how something had gone, \u201cwhereas millennials just leave,\u201d Dr. Wolchinsky says. \u201cAnd you never even know they\u2019ve left.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">To keep these younger pet owners happy, practices have to change how they do business \u2014 which includes how they communicate. \u201cYou have to market and educate and give them the tools to let them communicate the way they want to,\u201d he says. \u201cAnd that\u2019s where a third-party communication platform comes in.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">One of the things Dr. Wolchinsky appreciates most about the system he uses is that it lets clients choose how they prefer to receive communications, whether phone call, postcard, email, text message or app notification. Older pet owners still want postcards or emails, while younger clients prefer texting. \u201cWe don\u2019t have time to figure all that out, but you can\u2019t ignore the generations,\u201d he says. \u201cTry sending an email to a millennial and see what happens.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Once you know how clients prefer to communicate, you can tailor your marketing and education efforts to the delivery method that\u2019s likely to produce the best results \u2014 and avoid getting ghosted by your clients.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cBaby boomers, Gen-Xers, millennials, whatever \u2014 they all want things differently,\u201d Dr. Wolchinsky says. \u201cSo it\u2019s important that our technology be flexible. You want each client to get the information they need and do business the way they want to. To me that\u2019s the most important thing. Then pets get what they need. You can\u2019t operate effectively these days without that.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a02. <\/span><\/span>Uncovering a Hidden Client Desire<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">On the opposite side of the U.S., Steven Manyak, DVM, owns Pine Animal Hospital, which he launched in Long Beach, California, in 2013. He makes a point of trying new technologies and maintaining a cutting-edge approach to medicine and client relations. Several years ago he implemented a VoIP (voice over internet protocol) telecommunication platform with text messaging capabilities, and the results surprised even a technophile like him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cIt was absolutely shocking how rapidly text messaging took over,\u201d Dr.\u00a0Manyak says. \u201cIt changed seemingly 30 minutes after we went live with [our new system]. It was that rapid, that remarkable, and now I would say three-quarters of our communication with clientele is through the text messaging platform.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Dr. Manyak attributes the rapid change to the fact that his clientele in Long Beach lean younger and prefer texting for most types of interactions. Part of what made the transition so painless is that his front desk team could receive and send text messages through the office computer using the practice phone number. This has made the team more efficient \u2014 it\u2019s easy to read and respond to a text message between other tasks, while a phone conversation normally requires at least 10 minutes of focused attention.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cInstead of having voicemail set up with different messages and instead of having what we want our receptionists to be verbally saying to our clients, now we have these typed-up messages where we just copy and paste into a little screen that then goes out to clients,\u201d Dr.\u00a0Manyak says.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a03. <\/span><\/span>Relieving a Dental Pain Point<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Dr. Manyak found that transitioning his clientele to text messaging has also helped in a common clinical scenario that most veterinarians face at some point.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cWhen we do our dentals, we always have to call the client in the middle of the procedure,\u201d he says. \u201cThe way we practice is that we don\u2019t tell them exactly what the treatment will be until after a full exam and X-rays under anesthesia.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Of course, many of those calls go unanswered. \u201cIt has been one of those common pain points,\u201d Dr. Manyak says. \u201cClients don\u2019t have their phone right there to pick it up, or they\u2019re in a meeting, or they\u2019re busy. And we\u2019re like, \u2018Your pet\u2019s under anesthesia. We need to get the OK on this ASAP. Now. Immediately.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">These days, when the client doesn\u2019t pick up the phone call, Dr. Manyak sends a text message that states something similar to, \u201cWe\u2019re done with the exam and X-rays. I really need to talk to you to get your approval on treatment, so please call me as soon as possible.\u201d Text messages \u201cpop up in your face,\u201d he says, and clients find a way to return the call once they realize the urgency.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Dr. Manyak can also send a text informing the client that he has sent an email with dental radiographs featuring AI interpretation of problems that need to be addressed, along with a treatment estimate for the total cost from the practice management software.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cEmailing those dental radiographs has done wonders,\u201d he says. \u201cFor clients to see those images and the problem and why we need to pull that tooth \u2026 it\u2019s just huge. They\u2019ve got all the information right in front of them, then we can talk on a phone call or Zoom session about whether they want to do it or not.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Dr. Manyak says the technology that brings all the information together \u2014 radiographs, AI findings, costs, etc. \u2014 enhances client compliance. The pet owner has all the information they need to make an informed decision, which means they\u2019re more likely to make the right decision about the pet\u2019s care.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p3\">The Bottom Line<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">What both of these doctors emphasize is that technology is a way to enhance communication, not replace it.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cTo be successful in veterinary medicine, you have to have the right technology and be on the cutting edge, but you have to remember that technology changes,\u201d Dr.\u00a0Wolchinsky says. \u201cWhat doesn\u2019t change is human nature. When it comes to our pets, we all want the same things. We all love our pets the same.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThe feeling our pets give us inside \u2014 that\u2019s universal. We use these technological tools and get excited about them, but we can\u2019t lose sight of what human nature really is.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">\n<h2>SUCCESS STORY<\/h2>\n<h3 class=\"p1\">Telemedicine helps solo practitioner see more clients in a day \u2014 and get paid for her time and expertise.<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>The Problem<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Crista Wallis, DVM, owner of Monticello Animal Hospital in Shawnee, Kansas, hated turning clients away on busy days. But as the practice\u2019s lone veterinarian, she didn\u2019t have much choice. There are only so many appointment slots in a day. But one day she heard a veterinary conference speaker discuss telemedicine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\u201cI thought, \u2018wouldn\u2019t it be great if I had a way to triage my clients who call in instead of turning them away?\u2019\u201d Dr. Wallis says. She soon realized that telemedicine could also be a boon to her exotic patients that can become dangerously stressed when transported to the clinic, her anxious dog and cat patients, and her own wellbeing, since it would enable her to leave the hospital once in a while to take a vacation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\u201cThose were all reasons I started doing telemedicine,\u201d Dr. Wallis says. \u201cAnd, of course, it\u2019s great to get paid for our advice and grow the bottom line.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>The Solution<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">When first implementing telemedicine, Dr. Wallis discovered that clients were uninterested in videoconferencing, which surprised her. But one day she noticed her niece texting her friends, and a lightbulb went on. \u201cI said, \u2018I can still do this. I just need to change up the way I communicate,\u2019\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Once she and her team settled on the right technology solution \u2014 one that prioritized asynchronous texting \u2014 they practiced using it with one another, and then the staff started marketing the new service.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\u201cWhen clients called in, my team told them they now had the option to talk to me, the doctor, for a small fee, or they could leave a message for the technician as usual,\u201d Dr.\u00a0Wallis says. \u201cThat worked really well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>The Results<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In the four years Monticello has been using telemedicine, the team has received almost entirely positive feedback. Clients hear back through the app faster than they would if they had to wait for a phone call, which means their problems get solved faster. The hospital has also gathered a following of people who are deaf, since the chat feature is ideally suited for their needs. And when COVID hit in spring 2020, the practice was already set up to see clients remotely. \u201cIt was a godsend when everything went crazy,\u201d Dr.\u00a0Wallis says.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">She says telemedicine will never take the place of the in-person physical exam; its value comes in determining whether an animal needs to be seen in the hospital and what the urgency level is.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">When a patient does come in, she can get right to work with tests and procedures, which results in a more efficient use of her time. All this adds up to a healthier bottom line for the practice and better patient care.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\u201cNot only do we get paid for our advice, but if I recommend a therapy through telemedicine, clients will 100 percent do it,\u201d Dr. Wallis says. \u201cFor some reason it increases compliance, which means we get to practice better medicine.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With (most) veterinary clients, it\u2019s all about the 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