What are the benefits of using an online booking system for orthopedic surgeons?
An online booking system provides numerous benefits for orthopedic surgeons and their patients. For example, it allows patients to easily schedule appointments at a time that's convenient for them, without having to wait on the phone or visit the practice. Additionally, online booking software can reduce the administrative burden on the practice, freeing up staff to focus on other important tasks. With automated appointment reminders and confirmation messages, online booking software also helps reduce missed appointments and improves patient satisfaction.
Why is an online booking tool useful for orthopedic surgeons?
An online booking tool is useful for orthopedic surgeons because it streamlines the appointment scheduling process, saving time and improving the patient experience. It eliminates the need for patients to call the office or visit in person to schedule an appointment, making the process more convenient and accessible. Additionally, appointment scheduling tools provide valuable insights into patient behavior, such as appointment patterns and preferred appointment times, which can help orthopedic surgeons better understand their patients and make informed decisions about their practice.
How do orthopedic surgeons promote their online booking link?
Promoting your online booking link helps you get the most out of your online booking system, and bring a steady flow of data into your surgeon CRM. To start, make sure to include the link on your website and in your email signature. You can also promote the link through social media, such as Facebook and Instagram, or by sending emails to your patient database.
Thus:
- Include the link on your website
- Add the link to your email signature
- Send an email to your patients
- Share the link on social media
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No-shows
Customers
Offering
Decide what you offer at your practice. Add descriptions for your treatments, add an image, and best of all set your own prices.
Your day at a glance
See exactly how much your practice makes, what your patients schedule most and even learn how they made their appointment.
Schedule again
In just a tap your patients become regulars. Get the best date and time for the next appointment. No upcoming appointment? You and your patients are reminded to schedule a treatment again.
Sell smart
Add options, durations, variations, preparation time, cleanup time and your duration to help your patients schedule.
Your duration Vev+
Some appointments don’t require your attention the whole time, so you can help another patient.
Schedule deadline
Decide the exact cutoff time for when patients can schedule a treatment, giving you full control over availability and scheduling.
Time suggestions
With Smart Suggestions, you can streamline your schedule by offering patients a curated selection of the best available times, making it easier for them to schedule. Alternatively, you can opt for Show All Slots, which highlights the most optimal time slots first but also allows patients to explore the full list of available options.
Coming soon, you’ll also have the option to restrict bookings to Top of the Hour times, giving you even more control over your schedule and helping you cluster appointments efficiently.
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Hide treatments so you can only schedule them for your customers.
Sell
Offering
Decide what you offer at your practice. Add descriptions for your treatments, add an image, and best of all set your own prices.
Your day at a glance
See exactly how much your practice makes, what your patients schedule most and even learn how they made their appointment.
Schedule again
In just a tap your patients become regulars. Get the best date and time for the next appointment. No upcoming appointment? You and your patients are reminded to schedule a treatment again.
Sell smart
Add options, durations, variations, preparation time, cleanup time and your duration to help your patients schedule.
Your duration
Some appointments don’t require your attention the whole time, so you can help another patient.
Schedule deadline
Decide the exact cutoff time for when patients can schedule a treatment, giving you full control over availability and scheduling.
Time suggestions
With Smart Suggestions, you can streamline your schedule by offering patients a curated selection of the best available times, making it easier for them to schedule. Alternatively, you can opt for Show All Slots, which highlights the most optimal time slots first but also allows patients to explore the full list of available options.
Coming soon, you’ll also have the option to restrict bookings to Top of the Hour times, giving you even more control over your schedule and helping you cluster appointments efficiently.
Hide items
Hide treatments so you can only schedule them for your customers.
Marketing
Get reviews from patients
Effortlessly collect reviews from your customers, which will soon appear directly on your page for everyone to see.
Share your link
Add your link to your website and socials. A link in bio could boost the appointments of your practice up to 40%.
Personalize emails
Create personalized emails for appointments to engage clients and strengthen your business.
Add Vev to your website
Add Vev to your website with two options: a popup booking button or a fully embedded booking widget for seamless patient acquisitions.
Cover your practice
Add a cover to your header that matches your practice. Impress your patients of your practice even more.
Schedule with a QR-code
Make it easy for your patients to schedule treatments by placing your QR code on flyers, business cards, stickers, posters, or any other visible spots in your practice. With just a quick scan on their phone, they can access your services effortlessly, no extra steps needed.
Policy
Set up a clear policy that outlines your terms for bookings, cancellations, refunds, and any additional fees. Defining these guidelines helps manage customer expectations and reduces the risk of disputes.
Page description
Write a catchy slogan or description that highlights what makes your practice special. This helps your patients share and recommend you to others.
Show your colors
Set the tone for your page by choosing colors that represent your practice. These will create a cohesive look across your page, tools, and emails, aligning everything with your unique brand.
Social handles
Add the profiles of your practice from Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, X, and your website to connect with patients and expand your online reach.
Payments
Get paid ahead
Have your patients pay ahead for their appointment. Only if you want to, you're the orthopedic surgeon, and you are in control.
Deposits
Have your patients put down a deposit to get their appointment. This has proven to reduce no-shows.
Scan to pay
Let your patients scan your QR for you to get paid. Vev will keep track of who has paid for their treatment so your practice administration is always up to date.
Tap to Pay on iPhone
Accept contactless payments with only your iPhone. No extra terminals or hardware needed.
Discounts
It's easy to give your patient a discount on their treatment. Choose a percentage or fixed amount. Whatever works best for your practice.
Add amount
Add a percentage or fixed amount to the price of the appointment, in the simplest way possible for you as a orthopedic surgeon.
No extra payment devices
No need to fill in the amount again. Or sync, connect and pay for that extra device in your practice. Simply use your phone to have patients pay for their treatments on the spot.
Refunds
Choose if patients who've paid ahead will automatically be refunded when their appointment is cancelled.
Payments work out of the box
Payments are set up very easy. So you can get paid out of the gate.
Policy
Set up a clear policy that outlines your terms for bookings, cancellations, refunds, and any additional fees. Defining these guidelines helps manage customer expectations and reduces the risk of disputes.
Business
Your overview of treatments
See exactly who will get what treatment, and at what time the appointment is due.
Your opening hours
You decide when your practice is open (or closed) for appointments.
Choose a time and date
Let your patients pick a time that suits them best, while you stay in control by deciding how strict or flexible your scheduling rules are.
Add your breaks
Plan when you want a fixed break. Looking for more flexibility? Turn on smart breaks.
Add 'Me time'
Got a personal appointment? With just a tap you can block time off. This way patients can't make an appointment.
Exceptions
Want to stay open on public holidays or take a well-deserved vacation? You’re in full control of your practice’s hours.
Schedule deadline
Decide the exact cutoff time for when patients can schedule a treatment, giving you full control over availability and scheduling.
Export your appointments
Export data of your practice on a monthly basis. Including all the information of your appointments soon this will also include taxes. Giving you all the information you need.
Capacity
Set up the number of patients you can have at the same time.
Sync to your calendar
Automatically sync (one way) your appointments to your personal calendar app.
Ahead of time
Set up your booking horizon, this let you define how far in the future patients are able to schedule treatments.
Your duration
Some appointments don’t require your attention the whole time, so you can help another patient.
Notifications for you
When your patient makes an appointment, cancelation or change you will receive a notification.
Time suggestions
With Smart Suggestions, you can streamline your schedule by offering patients a curated selection of the best available times, making it easier for them to schedule. Alternatively, you can opt for Show All Slots, which highlights the most optimal time slots first but also allows patients to explore the full list of available options.
Coming soon, you’ll also have the option to restrict bookings to Top of the Hour times, giving you even more control over your schedule and helping you cluster appointments efficiently.
Learn
Your month wrapped up
Every month we email you analytics of last months' appointments, cancelations, most popular treatments and revenue. This way you know exactly how your practice is doing.
Your day at a glance
See exactly how much your practice makes, what your patients schedule most and even learn how they made their appointment.
Auto pilot
Emails
Every appointment, cancellation, change and reminder is automatically sent to your patients. Emails are sent in your style so they feel familiar to your patients.
Appointment reminders
On the day of the appointment, your patient receives a reminder from you. It's send automatically and includes all the information of their treatment.
Your month wrapped up
Every month we email you analytics of last months' appointments, cancelations, most popular treatments and revenue. This way you know exactly how your practice is doing.
Share your link
Add your link to your website and socials. A link in bio could boost the appointments of your practice up to 40%.
Bookkeeping
Make your administration of your practice run smooth.
Plus, a lot more
There's a lot more coming in Vev+ that will make doing business even easier. But we keep those under wraps for the moment.
Personalize emails
Create personalized emails for appointments to engage clients and strengthen your business.
Overview
Calendar view
See all your orthopedic surgeon appointments in a calendar view.
Your overview of treatments
See exactly who will get what treatment, and at what time the appointment is due.
Your day at a glance
See exactly how much your practice makes, what your patients schedule most and even learn how they made their appointment.
Today's patients
Your daily overview of patients. Showing you exactly who's you will see today, and an easy way to let you schedule again.
Delivery overview
See exactly where and at what time you need to deliver treatments. Everything shown on an interactive map to make it crystal clear for you!
Notifications for you
When your patient makes an appointment, cancelation or change you will receive a notification.
Sync to your calendar
Automatically sync (one way) your appointments to your personal calendar app.
Your month wrapped up
Every month we email you analytics of last months' appointments, cancelations, most popular treatments and revenue. This way you know exactly how your practice is doing.
No-shows
Appointment reminders
On the day of the appointment, your patient receives a reminder from you. It's send automatically and includes all the information of their treatment.
Policy
Set up a clear policy that outlines your terms for bookings, cancellations, refunds, and any additional fees. Defining these guidelines helps manage customer expectations and reduces the risk of disputes.
Change the time
Patients can change the time of their upcoming appointment as long as the cancelation deadline hasn't passed.
Add to Calendar
Patients can add the appointment to their calendar. This way they receive a notification before their treatment. The address, travel time and link to their confirmation page can be found in the event details.
Add to wallet
After patients schedule treatments, they get a pass for their digital wallet. When added they get a notification on their phone at the right time. The pass contains all the details like; date, time, location, total cost, payment details and link.
Emails
Every appointment, cancellation, change and reminder is automatically sent to your patients. Emails are sent in your style so they feel familiar to your patients.
Patient details
For orthopedic surgeons it's super handy to have all the details of patients at their finger tips. Allowing you to send a text, call or email whenever you need.
Cancelation deadline
Set a deadline for when patients can cancel for free, giving you more control over your schedule and protecting your time. When a cancellation is made, patients will automatically receive an email with a link to easily schedule their next treatment with your practice, ensuring a smooth and professional experience.
Patient history
See exactly what treatment your patient scheduled before.
Customers
Fields
Add more specific patient information to run your practice even better. For instance add their date of birth, Customer ID, pet name and more.
Get reviews from patients
Effortlessly collect reviews from your customers, which will soon appear directly on your page for everyone to see.
Customer list
See or find your most valuable patients. This lets you build relationships and get more appointments.
Edit patients
Edit patient details, merge and remove to keep your patient list up to date.
Patient details
For orthopedic surgeons it's super handy to have all the details of patients at their finger tips. Allowing you to send a text, call or email whenever you need.
Add notes
Add notes about your patients. These notes show up around the appointment, so you can pick up the conversation with your patient where you left off last time.
Today's patients
Your daily overview of patients. Showing you exactly who's you will see today, and an easy way to let you schedule again.
Schedule again
In just a tap your patients become regulars. Get the best date and time for the next appointment. No upcoming appointment? You and your patients are reminded to schedule a treatment again.
It's your data
It's your data. The patient information is yours. Vev doesn't sell, resell, target or advertise with the data from your practice. Of course not!
Patient history
See exactly what treatment your patient scheduled before.