Monthly Archives: August 2019

With a full patient schedule at two separate locations, and a full home schedule with her two children, multitasker Lisa Genovese, OD, knew she would need to optimize her workload so she could do it all.

Nearly all of the respondents (90 percent) to a recent Women In Optometry Pop-up Poll said that they believe that they have a point of differentiation in their practices.

Angela Fisher of National Recalls in Los Angeles, California, says that optometric practices can have effective recall strategies for reactivating patients—but only if the task is specifically part of someone's work day or work week. She describes the process her employees use—and how those could be adapted for in-house use.

Audrey Raley, OD, cherishes many happy memories she has of being a child in New Braunfels, Texas, with her friends and her grandmother.

By Kristina Jordan, OD—Eighty percent of my patients who wear contact lenses are in daily disposables lenses, and that is due to the enthusiasm of myself and my staff.

To help athletes of all levels, DeAnn Fitzgerald, OD, and The International Sports Vision Association have launched “Dynamic Visual Skills for Sports.”

Fifty-eight percent of participants of a recent Women In Optometry Pop-up Poll said that their office team rely on its own sense of style and understanding of their market when it comes to making frame purchases.

University College London study reports that people who eat dark chocolate less likely to be depressed.

Be they major or minor, actions we take near term can have a decided positive or negative affect on our businesses over the long term.

Sally Halim, OD, of Village Eyecare in Woolwich Township, New Jersey, trains for a half dozen or so triathlons or half Ironman races a year. The training has taught her time management skills, focus and a willingness to challenge herself, along with other lessons that she's brought to bear in her private practice.