Mission: Our mission is to deliver proactive patient care through a partnership with our patients to stop the disease-repair cycle by means of evidence-based methods of prevention and treatment.
At Willamette Dental Group, we pursue our mission every day through our ... Read more
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We recently welcomed graduating OHSU dental students to join us for a night of fun and learning about our practice and treatment philosophy at our 7th annual Innovate event. Everyone had a great time and we can't wait to see more students in 2021!
First in Proactive Dental Care: Be Part of the Future of Dental Care
Willamette Dental Group's preventive treatment philosophy supports the continual efforts to achieve the Quadruple Aim – better care leading to better health outcomes at a lower cost while improving the work life of health care providers.
Pursue your passion for helping others while you build a career that’s unlike any other. As leaders in proactive dentistry, the company's focus on research backed innovation inspires them to do what’s best for the long-term health of patients.
With a goal to stop the cycle of dental disease, which leads to costly restorative work, Willamette Dental Group addresses the underlying disease and use proven techniques to achieve better health outcomes.
Their evidence-based approach drives health improvement and reduces future costs for clients and patients by preventing costly restorative procedures through proactive treatment.
More Than 50 Locations in the Pacific Northwest
Originally established out of a single treatment office in Portland, Oregon by Dr. Eugene Skourtes and Dr. Gerald Cogan, Willamette Dental Group has grown to serve more than 450,000 members at more than 50 dental offices across Oregon, Washington and Idaho.
Today, Dr. Skourtes continues to lead as CEO and President of the company, which has become the largest multi-specialty group dental practice in the Pacific Northwest.
Employee Benefits Unique to Willamette Dental Group
At Willamette Dental Group, all providers are employees of the practice. They offer a competitive guaranteed salary, incentives, relocation assistance, and an outstanding benefits package while contributing to a dynamic, team-driven workplace. The standard benefits package includes*:
Exclusive Provider-Only Benefits
Dentists and specialists are incentivized for improving health outcomes, aligning with the latest scientific evidence-based treatment, achieving quick appointment access times, and maintaining high patient satisfaction scores. In addition to
these incentives, provider benefits include*:
Healthy & Satisfied: Exceptional Patient Satisfaction
The compassion Willamette Dental Group offers their patients leads to an overwhelmingly high average satisfaction rating across all providers and locations.
The priority is patient care. Willamette Dental Group dentists are not paid for production. Typical fee-for-service dental practices compensate dentists with some component dependent on how many treatments are sold to patients.
Award-Winning
Willamette Dental Group received the Press Ganey Success Story Award® in 2014, the first dental practice to win this prestigious achievement from Press Ganey®, a nationally recognized heath care patient experience measurement and reporting service.
A Transparent Experience
When selecting a dentist or specialist, it’s important to know who you're trusting with your care. That’s why Willamette Dental Group offers complete transparency of current patient experience ratings and comments for all dentists and specialists on their website, willamettedental.com.
In addition to patient feedback, the company website paints a full picture of each
dentist, including:
• Professional Photo
• Engaging Biography
• Education & Training Information
• Languages Spoken
• Average Patient Star Ratings from Press Ganey®
• A Rolling 12-months of Patient Comments
• Office Location Information
Advancing: Quality Through Technology
The company is committed to quality care and improvement. Quality of care is at the foundation of the operations. Willamette Dental Group uses a formal process to systematically monitor and evaluate the quality, appropriateness, efficiency, safety and effectiveness of the care they provide.
Quality of Care is monitored and measured within the systems during each patient visit. This means that patients benefit from the quality standards and receive care tailored to their needs.
Electronic Dental Records
Willamette Dental Group uses the most versatile and powerful dental software available to manage everything within and between their dental offices.
This centralized system incorporates patient information related to:
• Scheduling & Appointment Reminders
• Electronic Charting
• Diagnostic Coding
• Treatment Planning
• Insurance Benefits
• Doctor-to-Doctor Communication
• Lab Cases
• Digital Imaging
Providers are able to access the most current patient information and connect in real-time with the tri-state provider network for consultations and additional insight. For example, a dentist in Boise, Idaho can do a live consult with a specialist in Tacoma, Washington while they each view the patient chart and digital images at the same time.
Willamette Dental Group works closely with software developers to refine the system, making sure that any opportunity for quality improvement is put into
practice as soon as possible.
Innovative Dagnostic System
Willamette Dental Group leverages software to work alongside clinicians and support them by providing externally validated treatment recommendations based on each patient’s unique circumstances.
The company is also currently the only group dental practice in US to use diagnostic coding system, developed with Harvard University. In addition, they use CAMBRA and PEMBRA©. These are innovative clinical decision support programs that allow accurate and consistent diagnosis and treatment.
Digital X-Ray Technology
Patient safety and convenience are very important in supporting the vision to be the provider of choice for patients. With that vision in mind the company recently shifted to an advanced “Rectangular Collimation” digital x-ray technology, reducing patient radiation exposure up to 50% compared to traditional circular collimation digital x-rays.
In addition, the technology update also allows patients and providers access to digital x-ray images across any of their locations.
CAMBRA & PEMBRA©
Innovative clinical decision support programs allow accurate and consistent diagnosis and treatment. Each patient receives a comprehensive oral health evaluation and risk assesment to form the basis of their Proactive Dental Care Plan. Read more here.
I worked at Willamette Dental Group full-time (Less than a year)
Pros
Great benefits and they really stick to their mission and caring for employees
Cons
I think the representatives needed to paid more and more incentives from corporate
Advice to Management
Keep up the great team work
Application
I applied online. I interviewed at Willamette Dental Group (Gresham, OR).
Interview
I had a phone interview with the team and a week later had an in person interview. They are conducting working interviews soon for the candidates they like. All of the interviews were very professional and conducted very well.
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