The dental clinic at Hurlburt is not a new organization. The history, products, and major competitors will be discussed in this paper. A strategic plan to expand the dental clinic over the next three years will be made. This will not be done before the current situation is evaluated along with conducting a SWOT analysis. After which, the success of the strategic plan developed will be measured. The clinic is not in bad shape now, but there is always room for improvement. The dental clinic is located inside of the Hurlburt clinic. Dental became a squadron of their own in 2006 instead of a flight. At this time the squadron, became independent from the medical clinic and began to make decisions. The products that the clinic provides have not …show more content…
An internal assessment analysis named SWOT, which stands for a company 's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats is conducted (Abraham, 2012). Strengths and weaknesses are the internal aspects of the normal SWOT analysis (Abraham, 2012). They include problems that need to be corrected, deficiencies recognized through a comparison with competitors, or deficiencies relative to recognized strategies such as lacking the resources to grow (Abraham, 2012). An opportunity is a product-market issue (Abraham, 2012). It must include a product or service that is actually offered, to include the existing ones, and a defined customer group at which that product or service is targeted, including the existing ones (Abraham, 2012). Threats are external trends that could have a negative effect on the company (Abraham, 2012). The chart above shows the different categories of a SWOT analysis along with the items that were associated with them from the dental clinic. The strengths are product- innovation skills and strong leadership. Product-innovation skills are top-notch at the Hurlburt Dental clinic because the logistics manager listens to sales reps along with doctors and techs. She then orders the clinic all the new and best products so we can try them to see which one we like best. The clinic also has a very strong leadership and this is important because without leadership the critical decisions would not be made in a
Through my connection with the Oral Health Departments at the RIDOH, I was able to help collaborate with other pre-dental clubs throughout the state and create a seminar series this past winter. The series involved 4 lecture, which all had different types of dentists and oral health professionals lecture about their everyday life. I have also established a connection with the president of the Brown pre-dental club and we are discussed possible ideas for collaboration in the
A strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis is a situational analysis in which internal strengths and weaknesses of an organization, and external opportunities and threats faced by it are closely examined to assist management with planning and course correction (BusinessDictionary.com). Managers can use the results SWOT analysis to determine how competitive the organization is in its industry and to develop an effective organizational strategy. Though commonly associated with for profit organizations, SWOT analysis also are carried out by public institutions such as, hospitals, government agencies, and schools. The County College
A SWOT analysis is a tool used to identify the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of an organization. A SWOT model measures what an organization can or cannot do as well as the possible opportunities and threats. This is done by taking data from the organization’s environment, analyzing the information and separating it into the internal (strengths and weaknesses) and external (opportunities and threats). When this is completed the analysis can create a plan for the organization to achieve its goals, and identify what difficulties must be overcome to attain
The student must provide clinical dental hygiene services to patients with all classifications of periodontal disease for eight to twelve hours per week during freshman year and twelve to sixteen hours per week during sophomore year. While in the clinical setting, the student must show competence and include the process of care for the following patients: children, teens, adults, geriatrics and special needs. The competencies include the following: life-long education and knowledge of present research-based publishings, delivery of proper medical services in an emergency situation, ethical rationale and resolution, collecting and understanding patients’ overall health status, evaluating findings in order to incorporate ideal care plans, recognizing the level of success with the patient, and documenting all findings accurately. All of these will show that the hygienist is competent and capable of formulating care plans and managing patients’ health within the community through assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating. All of the education, experience and competencies are incorporated to prepare the hygienist for his or her career (Joint Commission on National Dental Examinations,
Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Molly Koopman, Expanded Function Dental Assisting Program, Miami Jacobs Career College, Springboro, OH 45066
During Wednesday’s lecture we had the opportunity to hear Kathryn Trilli give us a short autobiography of her career, and introduce us to the roles of a hygienist when working in a specialty clinic. Mrs. Trilli started her career at Sheridan College in Wyoming. She received her Associates in Science in Dental Hygiene. Upon graduation Mrs. Trilli was serving tables while waiting for her license. It was at her serving job that she met her first boss, John Nabers D.D.S., a periodontist in Wichita Falls, Texas who later was the founder of the Nabers probe. After working in Nabers practice for two years she left to begin her teaching career. While teaching Mrs. Trilli obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Dental Hygiene, from Midwestern State University. After relocating to east Texas for her husband’s profession she worked at various private practices. While living in Denton, Texas for five years she taught at Texas Woman’s University. After her husband accepted a coaching position at Newman University the Trillis relocated their family one final time to where they currently call
The East Valley Dental Clinic mainly treats pregnant women and pediatric patients, many of them from Spanish speaking communities with moderate to heavy calculus buildup. The pediatric patients are treated mainly by the dentist and the student clinician treats pregnant women. From my initial observation of the facility, I would say the clinic was fairly modern with new equipment. However, I noticed a few differences as compared to the clinic at school. For
Therefore, booking a patient in a private dental office happens sooner. Thus, with more prompt service the dental office provides much better quality of care. Dr. Drexler shares, “It is inconvenient to have the poor quality technology. A number of patients lose wages and time from work to see the dentist. In fact, a patient is willing to pay the higher fee rate for same day service” (Wexler). With this in mind, the distinction is remarkable; the author finds Universal Care most appealing. All in all, the public deserves the same level of care, no matter their circumstances. In either case, Dr. Wexler agrees “the HCO is high-quality healthcare but in society, we are at the bottom of effectiveness in providing effective healthcare to all”
"Basing a virtual dental home in a school, a nursing home or other community setting allows dental hygienists to prevent or treat the majority of oral health problems on site, and also brings prevention information to patients, families and caregivers.” – Professor Paul Glassman
The program will explore the possibility of obtaining a list of licensed hygienist names from the state of Wisconsin. Other possible sources of names of Wisconsin dental hygienist may be the Wisconsin Dental Hygiene Association (WDHA) and the WCTC and Milwaukee Area Technical College’s dental hygiene programs. If the lists are obtained a direct mailing campaign could be developed as flyers highlighting the major components of the program. The focus of the mailing will be to the surrounding Waukesha county areas to prevent making the mistake of receiving a low response rate from mis-targeted mailings (Donsky & Marsello, 2009, p. 13). One major favorable marketing component of the program is its capacity to fulfill
The only reason that we can operate at Oregon Smile Care Center are you and our patients. That is why when you run into a dental emergency, we want to always be there for you no matter what time it may be. When a dental emergency happens in your life, you can call Dr. Hanson and he will always call you back to determine how serious your dental emergency is. If we deem it to be a true emergency Dr. Hanson, and his staff will meet you at their comfortable office to remedy the problem and ease your pain. Even if it’s not deemed an emergency, Dr. Hanson will always call you back with helpful advice because he cares about you!
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With over 30 years of dental experience, 20 years of which has been at Guevara Family Dentistry, Doris A. Guevera’s gentle and caring attitude, combined with her state of the art equipment, has created long-lasting patient relationships in Inglewood, California. She has built a team that has been together for many years, as she understands the importance of building one-on-one relationships with her patients. The team at Guevara Family Dentistry offer basic dental services, as well as emergency walk-ins and high-quality preventive care. They also provide easy to understand root canal treatment and complete dentures treatment. New patients can also receive a comprehensive exam and digital x-rays for only $35. Their
The strength of the SWOT analysis comes derives from the way that it can be used for a wide range of business situation and in industries. And SWOT analysis weakness is that it needs clear thinking and good decision making ability to get any real qualities from using it. The best ways to achieve this is to concentrate on internal and external strengths and weaknesses. The strength is something that has positive effect on your business and it gives your organisation a competitive advantage. It includes your unique selling point, products, resources and what you
SWOT stands for strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (Ferrell and Hartline, 2014, p. 39). A SWOT analysis evaluates both the internal factors (strengths and weaknesses) and external factors (opportunities and threats) that create advantages and disadvantages to a company when serving its customers (p. 39). A SWOT analysis is extremely beneficial in helping a company determine areas of improvement (p. 39). Internal factors examine the actual company being analyzed while external factors examine the external market (customers and competition) (p. 85).