How patients choose a doctor before the first visit
A friend’s word, a search, a look at your details. What happens before a patient ever calls your chamber.
For doctors
How patients find a doctor, and how they can find you
12 short guides for doctors in Bangladesh. You will learn how patients search for a doctor, compare and choose one, and the simple steps that help them find you. Start with the two-minute checkup below; it shows which guide to read first.
- No technical words
- Steps you can follow
- Within the BMDC code
Why this page, and who it is for
- Why it exists. Patients now look a doctor up on their phone before the first visit. Few doctors were taught how that works, so we write it down.
- Who it is for. Doctors in private practice and the people who run their chambers. No technical knowledge needed.
- What you get. A two-minute checkup of your practice, and guides you can follow in an evening, all within the BMDC code.
Check your practice in two minutes
Seven yes-or-no questions. Your answers stay on this page.
0 of 7 in place
Answer the questions. You will see what to fix first, and the guide that shows how.
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The guides, step by step
12 short guides on one path. Read them in order, or jump to a step.
Start here
The basics
How patients choose a doctor today, and what the BMDC code lets you show. Read these two first.
What the BMDC code lets you show the public
What the code of conduct allows a doctor to share, and what it asks you never to say. In plain words.
Step 1
Be found
Patients can find you on Google, on ChatGPT and on your own website.
Put your chamber on Google Maps, step by step
The free Google listing that shows your name, map, hours and phone when patients search. How to set it up right.
What your website needs on day one
Who you are, where you sit, how to book. What a patient looks for before they call, and what to leave out.
When patients ask ChatGPT about a doctor
Some patients now ask ChatGPT, or read Google’s AI answers. Where those answers come from, and what you can do.
Step 2
Be trusted
What patients see and read about you makes them feel safe to call.
Your personal brand: what patients remember about you
The few things a patient tells a friend about you. How to choose them, and say them the same way everywhere.
Google reviews: how to answer, and what never to do
How to answer a kind review and an unhappy one, without sharing anything private.
Health posts that teach, not sell
Posts that explain a condition clearly help patients and earn their trust. How to write them within the BMDC code.
Step 3
Be chosen
Reaching you is easy, and every detail they find is right.
A patient management system for your chamber
So patients can book a serial at any hour, without crowding your personal phone. Plan it in one evening.
Chamber hours, fees and address, right everywhere
A wrong time or an old address costs a patient a wasted trip, and costs you their trust. Fix it in an afternoon.
Step 4
Keep your patients
They come back when they should, and you know what is working.
Follow-up reminders patients actually read
A missed follow-up is missed care. How a short message at the right time helps patients come back when they should.
Know where your new patients come from
One question at the first visit and a simple monthly count show what is working, and what is wasting your money.
Rather spend your evenings on patients?
Everything in these guides is work our team does for doctors, inside the BMDC code. Book a call and we will show you what a patient finds when they look you up today, and what we would fix first.
- Your Google listing, set up and kept right
- Your own website, with online booking
- A patient management system for your chamber
- Reminders that go out on their own
- Health posts in your voice
- Everything checked against the BMDC code