{"podcast":{"title":"Dental Practice Heroes","slug":"dental-practice-heroes-1128005","podcast_index_feed_id":1128005,"rss_url":"https://rss.buzzsprout.com/2311108.rss","website_url":"http://www.dentalpracticeheroes.com","image_url":"https://storage.buzzsprout.com/vfqjnjjvrfm6velki8v9cbhuaa4i?.jpg","author":"Dr. Paul Etchison","episode_count":702,"summary":"Where dentists learn how to cut clinical days while increasing profits - without sacrificing patient care, cutting corners, or cranking volume. We teach you how to grow a scalable practice through communication, leadership, and effective management. Hosted by Dr. Paul Etchison, author of two books on dental practice management, dental coach, and owner of a $6M collections group practice in the south suburbs of Chicago, we provide actionable advice for practice owners who want to intentionally create more time to enjoy their families, wealth, and deep personal fulfillment. If you want to build a scalable practice framework that no longer stresses, drains, or relies on you for every little thing, we will teach you how and share stories of other dentists who have done it!","last_synced_at":"2026-09-14T20:19:46.974979+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dental-practice-heroes-1128005"},"episode":{"title":"Stop Hiring People to Solve This Problem","slug":"stop-hiring-people-to-solve-this-problem","published_at":"2026-07-16T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dental-practice-heroes-1128005/stop-hiring-people-to-solve-this-problem","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dental-practice-heroes-1128005","url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2311108/episodes/19500720-stop-hiring-people-to-solve-this-problem.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2311108/episodes/19500720-stop-hiring-people-to-solve-this-problem.mp3","summary":"Your dental practice can feel like it’s drowning even when you’re fully staffed and the schedule looks reasonable on paper. The real culprit is often smaller and harder to spot: tiny steps in your systems that get skipped, “just this once,” and then explode into bigger problems for the next person downstream. I’m breaking down how that ripple effect creates the daily feeling of chaos, backlog, and burnout and what to do about it as the leader. We walk through concrete dental practice m...","meta_description":"Your dental practice can feel like it’s drowning even when you’re fully staffed and the schedule looks reasonable on paper. The real culprit is often smal…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":963,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/dental-practice-heroes-1128005/episodes/stop-hiring-people-to-solve-this-problem/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dental-practice-heroes-1128005/stop-hiring-people-to-solve-this-problem.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}