New This Week
Vision Therapy: Improving the Lives of Our Patients
Andrea P. Thau, OD, FAAO, FCOVD, of Dr. Andrea P. Thau and Associates in New York City, believes optometrists are specially equipped to make a positive difference in the lives of children and other patients through vision therapy. Change a child’s life. Give them the visual tools to be the best they can be. >>READ MORE>>
Medical Eyecare
Incorporating Vision Therapy Into Your Practice
By Andrea P. Thau, OD, FAAO, FCOVD
Vision therapy allows you to improve the lives of patients, and build your practice in the process. Here are six videos to help you get started–and a resource guide to building your clinical skills. >>READ MORE>>
Finances
Track Your Staffing Costs: A Key to Practice Profitability
By Ken Krivacic, OD, MBA
Tracking and managing your staff costs is a key to practice profitability. The good planning you do equips your staff to provide patients with the superior level of service they deserve. >>READ MORE>>
Co-Management
Post-LASIK Education: Let Patients Know They Still Need You
By Yoongie Min, OD
Providing ongoing care for post-LASIK patients keeps them in your practice and ensures that they receive the services and products they need.
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ADVERTORIAL
Now Is the Time to Review Your Retail Pricing
How do you price your contact lenses? Do you have a pricing strategy that encourages annual supply sales which leads to patient retention? How frequently do you review your pricing strategy?
If you are like many other eyecare professionals, the thought of coming up with a pricing strategy for your office that ensures profitability and competitiveness makes your head spin. You became an eyecare professional to help your patients see, and all the other parts of your business can sometimes be a daunting task.
With ABB CONCISE’s Quarterly Retail Price Monitor and Annual Supply tools, that task becomes much easier to implement in your practice. >>READ MORE>>
ROB Fast Fact
How Long Do You Keep Patients Waiting in Your Reception Area?
Most patients can expect at least a small wait when arriving for an appointment with their eye doctor, according to Jobson Optical Research’s Waiting Game report. Some 32.1 percent say they typically wait 10 to 15 minutes for their appointment to begin while 21.4 percent typically wait 15 to 30 minutes. Some 26.8 percent usually wait five to 10 minutes and 8.5 percent usually wait less than five minutes while 7.3 percent most often wait more than 30 minutes. Some 3.9 percent typically wait more than an hour for their appointment to begin.
Click HERE to read more from Review of Optometric Business professional editors Carole Burns, OD, FCOVD, and Mark Wright, OD, FCOVD, on improving patient flow in your office.
In Brief
Unilens Vision Introduces Disposable C-Vue HydraVUE Multifocal Silicone Hyrogel Lens
Unilens Vision Inc., which develops, licenses, manufactures, distributes and markets specialty contact lenses, announced the launch of its new silicone hydrogel disposable C-Vue HydraVUE Multifocal contact lens for monthly replacement. The new product continues to incorporate Unilens’ highly developed, patented multifocal design technology in a silicone hydrogel material, which offers the benefit of higher oxygen transmissibility for better eye health. >>READ MORE>>
American Optical Services Nears 100th Practice Acquisition
American Optical Services (AOS) is nearing its 100th practice acquisition, a milestone that comes just two-and-a-half years since the founding of the company. >>READ MORE>>
