July Notes 2022

Dr. Richard Carlin – Welcome new Marketing Director Maddie.

Remember to treat patients with care, courtesy, and kindness.

New layouts – we are working on fixing the problems and we will upgrade the small monitors.

Ask patients if they are having any problems so we can schedule accordingly. If rescheduling a patient, please make a new appointment with the same doctor. If patient is being referred by a doctor, make sure to put who is referring them.

Front desk – make sure patients are all signed in and not forgotten. Check on patients in the lobby.

We will get another TonoPen.

Payouts – Dr. RC (Lasik) Camila, Nadia, Courtney (Bleph), Erin.

Dr. DC – Ashleigh, Vanessa, Bree, Alexus.

Dr. Willman – Haley.

Dr. O’Shea – Bree.

Dr. David Carlin – Beth is doing a great job training – getting better and better.

Dr. Willman – Good job working as a team. Vast improvement from a few years ago.

Dr. Thornhill – Good job everyone.

Dr. O’Shea – Keep up the good work.

Amy – Thank you Beth and Lorena for working with compulink on the update. Check PTO balance before submitting a PTO form. You can check your PTO on Heartland.

Lasik Department – Employee Lasik contest coming soon August to November.

Bingo Cards – prizes for everyone that completes a card.

Interactive bulletin board in August.

Cataracts/Bleph – Please add cat eval or bleph eval to doctor schedule and consultation schedule.

Optical – Everything going well. Sale on glasses and sunglasses.

Retina – If patients provide new medical insurance, inform the billing department and Retina techs. New insurance requires a new precert.

Dry Eyes – Thanks for all the referrals. Do not schedule a full eval right before lunch or at the end of the day.

Office Notes June 2022

Dr. Richard Carlin: Welcome new technicians Gem, Rebecca, and Ashley

Practice the hometown touch – treat patients as guests and listen to their needs

Please refer to tech workup sheets if unsure of which tests to run

Covid – Still requiring all patients and staff to wear masks

Medicaid – All doctors accept Medicaid/Medicaid products for eye exams – Optical Boutique does not participate but offers package deals – ask opticians

Payouts Dr.RC (Lasik) – Karen, Brandi, Stacy, Kellen, Ale’, Bree, Alexus  (Bleph) Ashleigh, Erin

Dr.DC (Bleph) Marissa, Ashleigh, Mirnesa, Autumn; Dr.Willman (bleph) Alexus

Dr. Thornhill – Glasses rechecks are done within 3 months of purchasing glasses –  If longer, let doctor decide if office visit or refraction

Retina/Dr.Modi – Grab retina tech when scheduling new patients

Dr. O’Shea – Check expiration date on medication/samples

Amy – Compulink will update July 11th  – we will work through issues

Eric – washes cars every Thursday – see Karen with key and credit card if you’re interested

Coffee/bathroom duty list has been updated – please check bathrooms several times a day

Open enrollment for 401k is next month – if you’ve been here since June 2021 you can participate – if you are already participating you can make adjustments

Please send to do to Nancy if a patient wants records – have them sign records release

2nd quarter birthday and anniversary – ice cream in breakroom to celebrate

Lots of good suggestions – Technicians will have a say in scrubs for 2023 – Open discussion about PTO 

Lasik – Lasik contest coming soon – Drop prize ideas in suggestion box

Cataracts – Allie comes back Wednesday 

Optical – New sunglass special

Dry eyes – Lipiflow machine up and running  – if there is an error message please let Erin know

Training/Beth– all new girls are moving along well 

Millie – Please let me know if a doctor’s schedule opens up for appropriate staffing