At FormDr, we are fixated on saving time for our customers, our customers’ patients and even for ourselves. Afterall, our digital intake forms and form builder were created to make offices run smoothly and more efficiently. Beyond patient appointment reminders and automatically completing HIPAA compliant forms, we’ve compiled our favorite simple time management tips + how to’s to share each month.
Do you find yourself constantly playing email catch up, jumping back to your email window to make sure nothing new came in or was missed? We are tied to email as a primary form of business communication, and it’s wonderful! But what happens when the checking constantly becomes more of a distraction than a help?
Time Saving Tip of the Month – Incorporate Autoreply Messages
Many of us have become fixated to what is coming into our inbox next, reacting to what ever pops up. Being reactionary to urgent messages is necessary, and in the medical field, arguably more urgent than any other industry. That being said, reactionary methods are often more time costly than efficient. There are some simply ways to become more in control of your own time. Why not use the equivalent of email blinders – auto reply messages.
Do you need to focus on an onboarding task, or make important phone calls to vendors? Maybe there is brainstorming needed for a new client outreach? Carving out uninterrupted time to focus is the best use of time possible. By using your email clients built in Auto Reply feature, you can give yourself a piece of time where emails are either forwarded to a colleague (when time sensitive emails may be received) or it auto sends a curated reply that you’re unavailable for a specific window of time but will reply as soon as that is over. It acknowledges the email but also respects your workday time. A win, win.
Try it – and enjoy the focus and productivity that comes from an efficient workday and the knowledge that you are working smarter, not harder.
