|Articles|December 6, 2016

Sponsored: Patient and Practice Success: Being Proactive

Author(s)Melissa Barnett, OD, FAAO, FSLS

As busy practitioners, do we always take the time to really communicate and listen to our patients? And if our patients tell us that “everything is ok” with their current lenses, do we learn how to probe a little deeper?

Being Proactive

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