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Optometry has changed rapidly over the past ten years. New innovations have paved the path for streamlined workflows, enabling practices to seat more patients without extending hours or reducing the quality of care. Unfortunately, many practices have been slow to adopt these solutions, choosing outdated systems and processes that create inefficiencies and increase risks.

Ordering contact lenses can be a liberating experience for your patients. For your teenage patients, ordering contact lenses is a rite of passage. And, for your athletic patients, contact lenses will give them the ability to compete without the fear of breaking their glasses. However, because a contact lens fitting is a little different than a comprehensive eye exam, your patient workflow may lose pace as your staff works to record the proper documentation.

For most independent optometry offices, the OD calls the shots on how to run their practice. They are responsible for making important decisions and implementing changes to the optometry office software, workflow owners, and practice logistics. The problem, however, is that many practice owners make these changes without getting staff buy-in.

Dr. Ian Lane is hosting an upcoming webinar series that will walk eyecare providers through 4 different condition-based patient encounters and demonstrate how to use EHR software to provide enhanced patient care in each scenario. Whether you're currently using EHR software in your practice or if you are still on paper, this series will help you learn how to better use your software or what a new system could do for your workflow and patient experience.