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Uncertainty is tough on a practice owner. On top of taking swift action to preserve the financial life of your practice, optometrists need to boost the morale of their staff and work hard to retain existing patients. However, ODs don't have to navigate these challenges alone.

Actionable advice and stories from ODs with experience handling practice closures, lease changes, pandemics, abrupt change, and demotivated staff are invaluable to make your practice adaptable for any obstacle.

We include communication plans, staff management techniques, interviews with ODs, and possible growth opportunities in this new resource.

The use of a patient portal in your eyecare practice will have a lot of benefits for both you and your patients. But sometimes, practices can run into challenges getting all of the benefits out of a patient portal due to lack of acceptance, promotion, or use by your patients. We found survery data that talks about some of the features that patients enjoy the most from patient portals.

Consumers lead busy lives with many options and value convenience. Due to this, not only do eyecare practices often lose frame sales to online retailers, but they can also lose patients to competing practices. One way you can meet your patient's expectations is to use 2-way texting for communication around appointment reminders, education, and more.

Our friends at EyeCare Prime see how patient chat helps improve patient relationships everyday. Here are their top 6 reasons you need patient chat in your optometry practice.

Most optometrists and office managers can see how the right technology helps make every day easier and more efficient for both the staff and patients alike. However, new software and cutting-edge equipment can come with a hefty price tag. So, how can you know whether it's worth it?

We will leave the decisions that involve improving patient care to expert ODs. However, we want to shed some light on how to weigh the financial benefits of technology in your practice in today's post.