What does it it mean to a modern Chiropractor?

What should it mean? In order for Chiropractic to thrive over the years, the profession has developed specific concepts, systems, services and strategies that are unique and imperative to the success of the state-of-the-art health care that it provides to its patients. The profession has also created unique business management systems and strategies needed to run their practices, just as any successful businesses would.

Your challenge, before you came to Davlen, was to find a designer that fully understands the true level of health that Chiropractic can provide. Someone that understands the unique clinical and business concepts, that understands the theoretical concepts that can work with or against a Chiropractor as they treat their patients.

Most doctors spend more time planning their vacation then they do planning their office environment, and yet they spend more time in their offices then they do in their homes.

Please, what ever you do, don't trivialize the importance to having your work place, the very place that creates your cash flow, The location that reflects your professional expertise and competence, designed and developed in a haphazard manner. Be sure to include design concepts that will enhance your patients experience as you deliver the best health and wellness lifestyle to them. Don't put this level of importance into the hands of someone that knows less about the unique design requirements of your profession then they do about the health and wellness benefits that they can achieve with Chiropractic care.

The best place to start is by asking someone how long they have been a Chiropractic patient. Then ask them about their Chiropractic Philosophy.... Once the dumb stare wears off ask them about some of the following points that Davlen specializes in. (As a matter of fact, Davlen has created most of these concepts.) Which of these points will be important to you? 9 times out of ten, these concepts will save you money in the short and long term so why not benefit from them.

Chiropractic Vision:
Calculate the PVA and quantity of new patients required to achieve your goals
Create a priority of services list for the intended clinical services you intend to provide
Develop a "Duration of services" plan
Site Selection:
Determine, if not already done so, how much space you need to achieve your goals.
Compare different locations to determine best clinical yield
Compare different locations to determine best business yield
Determine if you should you stay in your existing location, or if you should you move
Assist you negotiate on the "bricks and sticks" portion of your lease
Utilizing our space saving concepts, you can reduce the amount of space you require by up to 15%.

Should you stay or should you move?:
Analyze your existing facility to pinpoint the existing capacity blockages
Explore cost effective solutions to remove these capacity blockages.
Prepare a site modification layout
Develop a long term, maximized plan and prepare a phased implementation plan
Provide insight into how to remodel while minimizing impact to your patient care hours

Design to enhance your goals:

Utilize design concepts that are currently assisting other doctors achieve the results that you desire.
Avoid making the same mistakes other Chiropractors have made in the past
Develop how to best process (flow) your intended patient volume and services
Create a great first "Chiropractic Impression"
Create a floor plan reflecting peak Chiropractic Clinical Efficiency
Determine which style of adjusting will most efficiently produce your intended results; Closed room, Open room or Semi-Open room?
Determine which style of Report of Findings, will most efficiently produce your intended results;Formal, Semi Formal, Informal, Group, Doctors, 3 day or 4day Report of findings?
Create a floor plan that helps you attract, convert and educate the volume of patients required.
X-Ray; Design impact based on Analog, CR Digital or DR Digital equipment to be used
Maximize the utilization of every square foot of your facility
Develop minimum room sizes required by specific Adjusting techniques
Maximize your potential volume and/or potential services
Develop a long term, maximized plan and prepare a phased implementation plan
Minimize your overhead- cost per patient adjustment

Create a floor plan reflecting peak business efficiency
Minimize wasted motion through "Step Management" analys
Balance the amount of space required for the Front desk and Administrative / Billing areas around intended Cash vs. insurance goals
Develop the "New Patient Attraction" staff requirements around existing systems in the profession
Create a floor plan that helps you attract, convert and educate the volume of patients required.

Profitability
Maximize the utilization of every square foot of your facility based on Chiropractic necessity
Lower your cost to build out this facility / Contractor bid analysis and review
Maximize your Return on Investment and maximize your profitability
General Conditions
Draw a floor plan based on the Chiropractors guidance and knowledge
Ensure that local codes are adhered to	Partial
Create construction documents that town requires for permitting process	Partial

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Don't get me wrong, You may or may not need an architect, but that is not up to you or I. It is up to your township and their rules. Your contractor should know for sure. What I am saying is that in order for you to get the most for the least, everyone must do what they do best. You have to focus on growing your practice and caring for your patients. The builder must ensure that the construction work must be done so in a workmanlike manner. They also must be sure that any work that they do is legal!!!

If your builder decides that you need someone to create construction documents for the town to accept, or you need a structural analysis, you may need an Architect or engineer for that.

The facility development and design services that we provide translate the clinical and business systems and strategies that will make your practice a profitable one into something that the builder can carry out. In your best interest, do not let anyone handle any of the items listed above that they know NOTHING about. Use your recourses for what they all do best. After all, we would never try to calculate electrical loads, HVAC needs or determine structural parameters required to hold up a roof. Do not let anyone design your place of business that knows nothing about your business.

Deciding to have your office designed by someone that knows nothing about the business of your profession is like a patient deciding to use pain medication instead of Chiropractic care. It may work to get them out of pain, but does nothing to solve the cause of the problem or prevent future similar episodes, or to improve their overall health and wellbeing. Since you understand what Chiropractic has to offer to your patients, you already understand what Davlen has to offer to you.

When choosing a designer for the temple of your craft, be sure that you and your patients receive all that they deserve. Choose right, Choose wisely, Choose Davlen

A famous Olympic athlete and world record breaker recently said:

In business

Words are Words

Explanations are Explanations

Promises are promises

Only performance is REALITY

We have over 4,000 satisfied Chiropractors World Wide that live in the REALITY that only our services can provide to you.

Avoid those that have no proof or reality to the words, explainations or promises that they may make to you.