by Chad Fleming | Dec 3, 2014 | Manage with Excellence, Practice Growth, Pursue Growth, Uncategorized
Industry experts say businesses need to be active in social media, but with so many different channels and platforms, it’s increasingly difficult to decide which forms of social media give a good return for your investment. Is it even necessary for Optometry...
by Chad Fleming | Nov 26, 2014 | Manage with Excellence, Management, Practice Growth, Staff Management, Uncategorized
The sun is still rising on a Monday morning as you walk through the back door of your practice. As an experienced optometrist, you have a full schedule and you immediately prepare yourself for your first patient. Then your assistant takes this opportunity to let you...
by Chad Fleming | Nov 19, 2014 | Manage with Excellence, Management, Practice Growth, Pursue Growth, Time Management
Optometry practices that survive in the future will be the ones that have made technology an integral part of their operations. Over the past five years optometry practices have gone through an excessive amount of change. The “wait and see” approach, which was...
by Chad Fleming | Nov 12, 2014 | Manage with Excellence
Worrying about possible lawsuits can take away the enjoyment of practicing optometry. Unfortunately, anyone can sue anyone for anything. Just because you have been sued or might be sued in the future does not make you a bad optometrist. Instead of letting anxiety...
by Chad Fleming | Nov 5, 2014 | Day in the Life, Manage with Excellence, Staff Management, Uncategorized
Optometrists are less likely to be sued than other healthcare professionals, but it still happens. Lawsuits may even increase as optometrists embrace the medical model and its greater level of liability in patient care. Practicing ODs now have more situations to lose...