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Dr. Marilyn C Sandor, CEO & Founder of GoodCheckup · Becker’s Healthcare -- Pediatric Leadership Podcast

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  This is Randy Homan with the Becker's Healthcare Podcast.
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  I'm thrilled today to be joined by Marilyn Sand.
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  She's a pediatric dentist at her own practice, Naples Pediatric Dentistry,
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  as well as the founder and CEO of Good Checkup Corporation. Marilyn,
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  will you please introduce yourself and tell us a bit about your background.
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  Hi Randy. I'm so excited to be here today. I really appreciate the opportunity.
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  Uh, a little bit about myself is that yes,
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  I am a pediatric dentist by training and I have 20 plus
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  years of clinical experience and also private practice ownership.
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  So I am well versed in all phases of pediatric dentistry and I've always
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  been really excited about innovating in our space. Earlier,
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  um,
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  on in my career I had boosting success with
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  a product that I designed and patented and then brought to market
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  with young innovations called the Zubi Pro Angles.
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  And the intent was to bring more pediatric focus
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  to the dental industry to show that children are individuals,
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  pediatric patients are not just many adults and we need to bring the fund to
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  dentistry.
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  I've been a strong advocate of prevention and I have
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  over the covid d brought something to market that I'm hoping is going
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  to be the next evolution for dentistry and that is to strengthen and empower
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  our patient dentist relationship and elevate our profession through
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  having meaningful conversations. It's a bit lengthy, but that's about me.
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  Definitely about, So interesting. Thank you for sharing.
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  So what are your top priorities today?
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  My top priorities today would say are to continue
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  to move dentistry into the future realm,
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  giving dentists the opportunity to immediately take advantage of
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  cloud-based records systems and to provide
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  excellence in care by providing access to care to patients
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  anywhere.
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  My real priority is to put your office in your hand and
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  see what you can do because patients really appreciate being able to speak with
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  their providers and to be able to onboard them virtually is really
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  the new age and what is in demand.
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  So I'd like to give dentists that opportunity immediately.
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  Definitely, I think it's a great priority.
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  How do you anticipate your role and teams will evolve over the next 18 months?
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  I believe that in the dental profession, as in my practice,
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  our role as dentist is going to evolve
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  in the way of being more of the knowledge provider
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  to be able to establish rapport with patients through acting as
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  the quarterback to care the person that can
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  educate a patient,
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  to empower a patient to improve their healthcare
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  through conversations.
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  And those conversations are most likely going to be taking place more and more
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  virtually so that patients can then be triaged
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  properly and referred properly and just really schedules
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  to become much more efficient.
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  And they're going to be people that are probably new team members that we
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  haven't even envisioned yet providing actual physical care. But again,
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  the goal is to be able to increase our access to
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  care from a patient standpoint and as dentists to be able to increase patient's
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  ability to communicate with us as professionals.
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  Mm-hmm. definitely.
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  And then our last question is what are you most excited about right now and what
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  makes you nervous?
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  I think they're kind of the same thing,
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  is what I'm most excited about is getting good check up into the hands of
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  dentists and the feedback that we're going to receive
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  is something that not,
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  not that it makes me nervous and that did I think it out right? Because a,
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  a lot of this,
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  I know it really was my vision as a dental practitioner and
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  also as a parent.
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  This is our version right now as pediatric on the app store,
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  in the play store.
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  And what I'm excited slash nervous about is seeing what
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  dentists will do with the tools that we give them.
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  So to be able to give them the technology that will allow
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  them to quickly onboard new patients,
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  be able to triage new patients to be able to e-prescribe,
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  but also to get paid for their time,
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  for their valuable advice and care that they provide in a way
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  that can expand their reach through social media and through
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  word of mouth. I, I'm excited about it. I'm excited to see, and also,
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  uh,
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  just nervous to make sure that really I'm able to put all of the
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  features that are desired and excited to hear what new features
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  might be desired with this tool to be able to
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  empower dentists.
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  Definitely. I think, I know I like with anticipation,
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  excitement and nervous go hand in hand,
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  so I totally understand how that's both exciting but nerve wracking.
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  Yes, yes. So I'm,
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  I'm very interested in having a dentist's beta
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  test. We're offering a free three month trial that includes our
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  e-prescribe and again,
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  having your office in your hand means you can have a tele dentistry visit
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  where you onboard a new patient, you're not caught off guard.
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  You'll be able to, uh,
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  indicate what your desired consultation fee is.
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  You will be also able to customize how much time you spend with a patient.
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  You are able to, um, offer your schedule as you wish.
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  And after your visit is completed,
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  you've had a virtual visit that's video and chat.
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  You can send an e-prescription immediately dictate your
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  notes and uh, send that information to another,
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  uh, dentist if you so wish or to your office staff to be able to schedule that
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  patient accordingly.
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  That sounds great. So Marilyn, it was a pleasure speaking with you today.
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  I really enjoyed it and I look forward to connecting with you again soon.
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  Thank you so much, Andy. Again, I,
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  I appreciate the opportunity and I look forward to our next conversation.
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  Definitely.