Practice Management

What some optometrists ignore in their practice are interpersonal skills and behavior.

Most students graduate from optometry school with thousands of dollars of debt and are highly likely to generate even more.

As part of a group practice in metropolitan Detroit, Mich?l Garin, OD, sees many patients who work for the Big Three automakers.

Many doctors want to increase the number of patients and the profitability of their practices but don't know where to direct their marketing efforts in a society increasingly splintered by multimedia.

If you're like most optometrists who own a practice, you rely on your bookkeeper or accountant to pay the bills, cut payroll checks, and prepare tax reports for the Internal Revenue Service.

Most optometrists in private practice chose not to provide low vision services because they think that income opportunities are limited.

It's virtually impossible for optometry practices that support one or two doctors to compete with national chains when it comes to pricing or fees.

With the down economy, a reasonable first response is not to buy into a panic mentality.

There is little debate that vision is a critical factor in sports performance, or that visual information is the dominant sensory system when performing practically any perceptual motor task.

Employees who work the front desk have found ways to help the practice run more efficiently.

One seminar helps eye-care professionals take a stand against abuse of warranties or buyer's remorse.

By learning all they can about taking the best care of patients, optometrists can enjoy an important secondary benefit: Patients tell others about the great care they received and the practice grows.

Free-form lens technology uses digital-point technology, which means each and every point on a lens can be unique.

Samantha Toth, ABOC, offers a seminar designed to help doctors understand the relationship between strategic marketing and word-of-mouth referrals.

The retail optical industry was down 2.5% in 2009, according to industry data. The silver lining, however, is that compared with other industries, those numbers aren't so bad.

For many optometrists, operating a practice cold is a frightening thought. Still, being their own boss is too exciting to ignore.

Just about everywhere you look is a buyer's market. Great deals are being offered any almost anything, including optometry practices.

Switching to an electronic practice management system may not be easy, but the benefits for doctors, staff and patients are plentiful.

In small practice environments, disagreements are more visible, have more impact and cause more harm to customer service efforts.

Not a day goes by in our practices where we don't lament with a patient about the loss of a job or celebrate with them that they still have a job.

Landmark surveys of patient and eye care professional perceptions of the impact of blepharitis in America, conducted in 2008, found that a large portion of the adult population could be affected by symptoms associated with blepharitis.

A profit calculator can help determine whether an on-site lab would be prosperous for you.

CMS reverses a reimbursement decision that would have forced clinicians to switch treatment for patients with wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) from bevacizumab to ranibizumab.

The need for directional assistance is a necessity for practitioners in 'driving' their practices.

Even limited co-management relationships may benefit optometrists as they allow them to focus on areas of patient care in which they are passionate.

Optometrists help manage patients considering multifocal IOL implants.

Many office managers at optometric practices are not properly trained to handle management situations.

An automated patient appointment reminder service enables eye care professionals to send customized texts and emails to remind patients of upcoming appointments.