ROB Archives

April 27, 2016

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Improve Practice Performance with Open Book Management

Danny Clarke, OD, employs open book management to increase staff engagement and improve patient care. When employees know and track basic practice expenses and revenues, he says, performance improvements and increased profits are clear and measurable. >>READ MORE>>

Financial Management

Stick to a Payroll Budget and Keep Costs in Control

By Tina McCarty, OD, FAAO
 

Effectively manage one of your practice’s largest expenses with a payroll master budget and sub-budgets. Managing by numbers lets you plan intelligently for growth. >>READ MORE>

Innovation in Practice

Patients Want to See Innovation

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By David Geffen, OD, FAAO

Offer patients the newest, and most advanced, products and services to enhance care–and differentiate your practice from competitors.
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Practice Management

Make All Patients Feel Welcome with Inclusive Language


By Pamela Miller, OD, FAAO, JD, FNAP

We live in a multicultural society. To grow your patient base, train your staff to use inclusive language that welcomes all cultures. >>READ MORE>>


 

ROB Fast Fact

Find & Retain a Good Office Manager by Offering a Competitive Salary

How much do you pay your office manager? According to Jobson Optical Research’s 2015 ECP Compensation Study, office managers in independent eyecare practitioners’ offices in the Northeast are paid $61,671 on average, while those in South are paid, on average, $47,797. ECP office managers in the Midwest are paid an average of $52,647, and those in the West are paid an average of $54,807.

Click HERE to read more on paying your staff enough to retain them, but not so much that you cut into practice profitability, from Review of Optometric Business professional editors Carole Burns, OD, FCOVD, and Mark Wright, OD, FCOVD.

In Brief

Essilor Helps Launch Our Children’s Vision Initiative

Our Children’s Vision has been initiated by the Brien Holden Vision Institute and the Vision for Life fund, created by Essilor. >>READ MORE>>

 

AOA Supports CL Prescription Verification & Patient Safety Bill

img1The American Optometric Association (AOA) announced its support for the Contact Lens Consumer Health Protection Act of 2016. >>READ MORE>>

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