All practice management Articles

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  Finances

  Four Ways Taking Vacations Can Help Your Practice

  By Cheryl G. Murphy, ODOct. 7, 2015It can be hard for an ambitious OD to take time off, but letting yourself take...

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  Finances

  Choose a Location that Matches Your Practice Vision

  By Maria Higgins, ODSept. 23, 2015Choosing the right location for your practice requires demographic and financial analyses, but also look for a...

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  Insights From Our Editors

  What Financial Factors Do Patients Consider Before Seeking Your Care?

  By Carole Burns, OD, FCOVD, and Mark Wright, OD, FCOVDSept. 16, 2015When making elective health care decisions, consumers simultaneously research both the...

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  Sunwear

  8 Steps to Sell More Sunwear

  A winning formula for selling more sunwear.

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  Finances

  Online Refractions: Four Actions To Protect Our Patients and Profession

  By Lisa Shin, ODSept. 16, 2015Online refractions are gaining traction. Here's how to ensure your practice doesn't lose its footing. 

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  Finances

  Chick-fil-A: Cooking Up a Lesson for Your Practice

  By Jennifer Jabaley, ODSept. 9, 2015The Chick-fil-A fast food chain has lessons for you in how to cook up great service for...

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  The Optometric Minute

  Build a Preventative Care Practice

  Sept. 9, 2015: Mary E. Boname, OD, MS, FAAO, owner of Montgomery Eyecare, focuses her practice on preventative care, educating patients on caring...

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  Managed Care

  Achieve Meaningful Use of EHR

  Sept. 23, 2015This newly published 2015 version of  the “Navigation Guide to Health Care Reform for Independent Optometrists,” was commissioned by Vision Source...

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  Finances

  Project Profit Gains–Then Add Office Space

  By Rachael Click, ODSept. 2, 2015Expanding your existing space can grow revenues dramatically. Before taking a big step, project increased profitability based...

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  News Briefs Archive

  MDOffice Launches New EHR & Practice Management Solution

  August 26, 2015: MDoffice has launched ODoffice, a specialized electronic health record and practice management solution for optometrists.

• Ophthalmic Lenses

  Webinar Highlights, Part II: “Insights to Foresights”

  By Howard Purcell, OD, FAAO, Dipl., SVP of Customer Development, Essilor of America, Inc.Sept. 9, 2015In Part 2 of the webinar series, Dr....

• Ophthalmic Lenses

  Webinar Highlights: “Insights to Foresights”

  By Howard Purcell, OD, FAAO, Dipl., SVP of Customer Development, Essilor of America, Inc.August 26, 2015Do you know how the independent eyecare...

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  Managed Care

  Integrated Eyecare Networks: Use Technology to Coordinate Care

  By Chad Fleming, OD, FAAOOct. 21, 2015Healthcare reform demands connectivity. See how ODs can access new technology that facilitates coordinated care through...

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  Finances

  Six Ways to Ruin Your Optometric Practice

  By Ken Krivacic, OD, MBASept. 16, 2015There are many ways to make your practice succeed—or fail. Here are six "strategies" you should...

• News Briefs Archive

  CLX System Now Fully Integrated with Ophthalmic Distributor

  August 12, 2015: The CLX System, a contact lens ordering, management and patient marketing system, is now fully integrated with ophthalmic distributor...

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  The Optometric Minute

  Three Profit Boosters for Your Optical

  August 12, 2015: Three experts share simple strategies to increase the profitability of your optical dispensary in frames, ophthalmic lenses and contact...

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  Insights From Our Editors

  Plan for Growing Numbers of Myopic Patients

  By Carole Burns, OD, FCOVD, and Mark Wright, OD, FCOVDAugust 5, 2015You will be seeing an increasing number of patients with myopia,...

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  The Optometric Minute

  Learning from the Dental Model

  August 5, 2015: In “Learning from the Dental Model,” Arthur B. Epstein, OD, FAAO, analyzes the success that dentists had in shifting their emphasis to...

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  The Optometric Minute

  Add a New OD as an Associate or Partner?

    July 29, 2015: Ken Krivacic, OD, MBA, owner of Los Colinas Vision Center in Irving, Texas, says there should be a...

• Finances

  Three Kinds of Practices: Which is Yours & How Can You Prosper?

  By Jerome Legerton, OD, MS, MBA, FAAOAugust 5, 2015There are three modes of practice that come with their own sets of needs...

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  Finances

  The Disney Way: Four Service Standards for Practice Owners to Adopt

  By Peter G. Shaw-McMinn, ODJuly 29, 2015Disney is one of the most recognizable, well liked brands in the world. Here are four...

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  Doctor Patient Relations

  The White Coat: Symbol of Cleanliness or Contamination?

  By Cheryl G. Murphy, ODJuly 22, 2015White doctor's coats have both positive and negative connotations. Have you decided yet if wearing one...

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  The Optometric Minute

  Health Care Reform: How to Embrace Change & Find Opportunities

  July 22, 2015: Amir Khoshnevis, OD, of Vision Source Studio 20/20 in Charlotte, N.C., describes the culture of change in his practice...

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  Medical Model

  Sell Medical Eyecare Supplies In-Office, Increase Compliance

  Sell medical eyecare supplies to build revenues--and convenience.

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  Finances

  Practice Ownership: Best Option for Debt Management

  By Erik Ferjentsik, MBAAugust 5, 2015Student debt after optometry school is a common challenge. Practice ownership provides your best opportunity for paying...

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  Finances

  How Having Oral Surgery Renewed My Commitment to Patients & Prevention

  By Lisa Shin, ODJuly 15, 2015Sometimes a trip to another doctor as a patient can provide the best guidance on how to...

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  News Briefs Archive

  ABB OPTICAL GROUP Announces Annual ABB Cares Program

  July 8, 2015: ABB OPTICAL GROUP will begin accepting applications for its second annual ABB Cares program on Monday, Aug. 3, 2015.