Bitcoin Forum

Health Care Professionals are nowadays growing in accordance with the growth of population.In India initially dental practice was very minimal but now it also reached at maximum heights because of the advancements.Payment modalities also has grown reaching bank transactions even.current strategy is dental practioners if introduce BTC or Eth (or any alt coins) payments for the treatment provided crypto knowledge will reach among lay people too even faster than normal. If it becomes mandatory sure will reach heights both the medico and the society.

 We are now advanced mate so for sure everyone can easily apply whatever they want when it comes payment method especially for digitally, because indeed all the information can be found in the internet..

However we cannot force them, i mean those doesn't have interest when it comes advance payment method because we have different perspective and we always rely which way for us is very comfortable. So i don't think it will become so easy to convince someone wherein at the first place they don't have care what technology we have now and they always preferred cash than digital money.

Perhaps, it will not be easy to educate them, especially until they accept payments using crypto because it will have to do with the government. In addition, they are linked to associations of doctors across India and must go through their approval if some doctors wish to use other payment methods than fiat.

Maybe if you just introduce crypto to them, it won't be a problem and it depends on them whether they want to use crypto for other things such as investment or want to use it as an alternative payment to fiat. But back to the approval of the doctors' association first.

The same way you would educate anyone else!
You start by educating yourself and learning how bitcoin works, what wallets are safe and how you can improve the security, how fees work, how to deal with volatility, ... Then start telling others.

I would also avoid suggesting any altcoin since the issues they have prevents them from being considered a "currency" in fact many of them aren't even designed to be currencies like ETH that you mentioned in OP (it is smart contract fuel not a currency). Not to mention centralization, lack of immutability, weak security, etc. that altcoins suffer from.

From your scenario i comprehend that you are emphasising on the system of dental practioners to embrace the system of fast payment with bitcoin and alternative coin's ( altcoins) see cryptocurrency is a currency that has been into existence for more than twelve good years and since it's introduction many people has been using it for payment of bills and for exchanges of other goods and services.

Now it's not a new thing indecencies that forcing one sector to embrace the system of payment with bitcoin, because i have come across of varieties of people making payments with bitcoin, to the extent that barbing saloon currently is accepting cryptocurrency for haircut, so it's advisable to hospitals to adopt such act of payment with bitcoin and it will really help from my perception, because bitcoin is the most fastest payment transaction I have seen.

It doesn't seem like dentists are the one who needs the explanation. They are already doing their jobs. Hospital administration is usually responsible for billings and payments and all business things are at their side. So first of all you need to communicate with them.
And it appears. that nowadays it is much easier to accept crypto. These clinics can even connect to BitPay and receive crypto payments in fiat and don't care about crypto.

I have absolutely no doubt that very little time will pass when the basics of cryptocurrencies will be taught not only in higher educational institutions but also in the first elementary schools. All indicators of the markets say that the adoption of cryptocurrencies is just around the corner, and this is becoming not only a convenient but also a very useful way.
Therefore, while there is no universal recognition of bitcoin yet, we can partially teach all the tricks of cryptocurrencies for our comrades, who in turn will spread the knowledge further.
Let's start with ourselves, and not only medicine but all other industries, I think, will be ready to use bitcoin as often as possible.

I don't think Bitcoin payments would become a "mandatory" thing. It's an option sure, but businesses that don't really want to implement it can not do it, fiat is still there and would still be used for a long time imo. As for teaching, well, you... idk, teach them..? I don't think there's a specific method you need to use to teach people crypto stuff, it's literally just you telling them stuff and them remembering it. That is ofc, if you already know what you're talking about yourself.

Of course, no one is disputing the fact that Fiat is the currency that is mostly used, but gradually we can all see that Bitcoin adoption is growing pretty fast, and many businesses now want to integrate it into their business as a payment method, it is also a legal tender in a few places, it definitely isn't going to be a 'mandatory' payment method, if there is even anything such as that, but the thing is, as time goes on more people will willingly adopt Bitcoin into whatever business or service they are offering, that will be the time of mass adoption, when a great number of people will hold bitcoin and will also want to spend it like an 'everyday currency', thus in order to sufficiently cut across all customers, Bitcoin payment method will be very popular.

As Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies evolve, they are being increasingly accepted and adopted by a broad spectrum of consumers. In fact, recent data showed that about 46 million Americans (roughly 22% of the adult population) own a share of Bitcoin. Now, adding in other digital currencies such as Ethereum, Litecoin, Dogecoin, Ripple, ..., the amount of people who own cryptocurrencies could be even higher.

There is evidence that more people than ever are accepting cryptocurrencies. What you can expect is that more people will want to know how to pay with crypto. If you want your business to gain more customers and provide them with an easy and convenient method to purchase their goods or services, then you will need to learn how to accept digital currencies.

In order to educate entrepreneurs and businesses about how to accept crypto payment methods, there are several options to consider. One is simply reaching out to payment processors and firms that already offer these services. The other option is to use a simple payment gateway to accept payments directly to your wallet. And, the last option is to develop your own custom gateway. If you want to go in-depth, you should learn more about platforms such as GoCoin, Coinbase and more.

Yeah as pooya87 says. You can't really educate I feel, it's just off-putting.

Do it yourself, get others to see you doing it. Or, always offer to pay or get paid in Bitcoin. That's the only way I've ever managed to get people to start using Bitcoin -- giving them a discount if paying me in Bitcoin (that makes it worth their trouble). I took a cue from Arnhem (Bitcoin City) merchants, who give deep discounts to customers who'll pay in BTC. It's financial incentive to get them to try it, and then who knows, it gets them hooked... and THEN they start asking questions and then the education is delivered as requested.

Can't force-feed people learning, I've found.

I don't like calling a specific sector, for example, bitcoin for doctors, firefighters, etc., but bitcoin for people who do not have technical knowledge.

There are a lot of solutions that they can use and depending on the country, the options will increase from the possibility of paying with bitcoin to the possibility of accepting bitcoin and transferring it to your bank account directly.

Also, all these features provide tools with a graphical interface that is easy to deal with people who do not have any technical experience.

this is a list of bitcoin payment processors ---> https://github.com/alexk111/awesome-bitcoin-payment-processors

Are you talking specifically about Indian dentists? For dentists or anyone to accept bitcoins, it is necessary that bitcoin payments are allowed in your country. As far as i know, the Indian governments and banks discourage the usage of crypto. In this situation, it is very difficult to allow crypto usage and encourage people to pay in cryptocurrencies.

https://cointelegraph.com/news/rbi-seemingly-wants-to-ban-cryptocurrencies-but-not-for-the-reasons-you-might-think

To educate a dentist or anyone else how to make a payment method with Crypto is very easy. now knowledge can be obtained easily via the website or via youtube, you only need to show how the payment process uses crypto and can be implemented in payment for their services.
But before realizing this, it is necessary to remember about the regulations provided by each country. Regulations limited to trading commodities are not allowed to use payments other than Fiat, but if the country adopts crypto or bitcoin then it doesn't matter.

to be honest it is not difficult to introduce bitcoin or ethereum ^{(payment via crypto)} to health professionals such as dentists but the question is whether they want to be open-minded and accept crypto.  Besides that, does the Indian government legalize payments with crypto because they might end up dealing with the police!  in my country there are several dentists who accept crypto payments, that's because here crypto payments are not prohibited by the government.

Perhaps officially the government was not authorized. But if you want to and the dentist agrees it could happen, but it's also against the rules. But I think dentists are not all familiar with bitcoin, providing education to them also takes a lot of time.
Maybe if you are in El Salvador it could happen officially because their government has legalized Bitcoin as payment. Actually, if you know in detail fiat transactions (banknotes / coins will look efficient because it does not depend on the density of the network, besides that ordinary people are more familiar with banknotes or coins because they are often used. Some of bitcoin's concerns and weaknesses are certainly the reason the country has not accepted it.  So currently bitcoin is still limited usefulness.

Well there is a dichotomy here between title and context (OP).
It is like mentioning incisors and molars are teeth but it is not the same in individuality. As you mentioned ETH and BTC are crypto currencies but individually they are different.

Educate? topic quite discussed here, but you added dentist, there is no difference with topics those discussed previously. Anyway, maybe on your next visit to the dentist you can give him a sign with the message "bitcoin accepted here".

So you want to say that medicine is a place where the world's most advanced technology is used to treat others. They used the world's most advanced machines. Then why not in payment? If I am not wrong, medical technology has already used advanced technology to take payment. Almost all hospitals now use digital payment methods like card payment. Online bank transactions Now comes to your opinion about bitcoin or crypto as a payment, but I don't think hospitals will be more comfortable with crypto payment. Why would they choose crypto when they can pay directly to the bank?If they choose crypto, they need to convert from crypto to bank again. To stay hassle-free, they obviously don't want to use crypto as a middle source. But it might be possible when a hospital owner gets money from a patient. If they have an interest in crypto, then they can manually invest there. There's a simple reason for this: "hospital" is a medical genre, and "crypto" is a tech genre, so they're polar opposites. But maybe it is possible in the future, but now I don't see any scope either. Thank you for allowing me to express my opinion on this subject. So i don't think there is a point to take step of hopital authority to educate their doctors about crypto. If a doctors want then he can learn by himsef.

I would not particularly care about the education of dentists in relation to any other branch. They are not so much based on online business, their customers definitely have to come in person for the service. they certainly don't have many potential customers from the other side of the world, so simplifying payment doesn't have to be a priority.
of course, dentists are intelligent people, they will quickly accept cryptocurrencies as a method of payment if they notice that it will be easier to reach more new clients.

Those professionals or businesses who already in crypto probably already accepts bitcoin as payment. Only those who knows how to use it will have an idea on accepting it in their businesses. Op can suggest and give insights to his dentist first or ask online in their nearby which dentists accepts crypto as payment so their community will be curious in this method. Just asking thru Facebook group or post can give them idea. Online payments now were popular and many is searching for kore methods on how they can coordinate it in their businesses.

It's very simple as like a paypal transfer or any other scan transfer. Their is a scan code for the crypto in many trusted and big exchanges.The dentist have to just create an account their. Then need to take a copy of QR code to scan. They have to paste on the dentist hospital.When the customers came to the hospital, they need to do ask of patients to scan code abd send the crypto. Once the payments made by them, they can give treatment to that patients.

as advised by many, it is not a wise move to use centralised exchanges even if it is a reputable exchange to store your crypto. why not download and install your own wallet like electrum? if a dentist or any other medical professional wants to be paid by crypto, they can easily search now via internet. they are well educated people so reading over the net is no problem with them. though they can make mistake in choosing a trading platform. but better to store their funds in a non-custodial wallet where they have full control of their funds. they can easily generate their address and post it.
people will also get curious with btc or crypto if they have something like that posted on their office doors.

Have you ever asked a dentist you met a little, do they accept Bitcoin payments? if not then you should try to ask first before introducing bitcoin and its convenience to them. I often use this trick to the sellers I meet to just start a conversation or introduce bitcoin to them. so far they sound welcome with what I tell you and for sure in the future when our country recognized bitcoin as currency, they will accept bitcoin payments.

Dentist are typically old-fashion, it's already hard to sell them basic Facebook ads that would obviously increase their revenue. I think your best bet is to find someone that is already interested/knows about crypto, rather than trying to convince someone from the start.

Imposing mandatory isnt something that could be easily applied considering that there would really be still people or professionals that do really prefer on accepting fiat because if you re
just something new with bitcoin or crypto as a whole then you would really be having that hindrance about volatility and regulatory issues which is mainly the thing that people do really
mind about but its not bad that professionals would be considerate with this kind of payment system.

Start a survey if you want to educate dentists and give them an idea about payments in the form of cryptocurrencies. It's the hardest part especially if many of them isn't aware of it.
I'm sure that they don't want to spend any money on this technology if they just hear it out and still trying to understand. That's how most of them are wise when it comes to finance although they're on the different field because I've known several dentists and they can't really be outsmart. But many of them can also be open to the new ideas that they've probably just heard.