Office Notes – January 2017

Dr. C:
Good morning.
Thank you for your hard work in December. We saw over 4,000 patients. There were very few complaints. Realize it was very stressful, but the hard work paid off and it did make the year.

2016 was a good year but did not increase over 2015. Saw 43,000 patients in 2016. That’s about 3 times the population of Snellville.

Cataracts up, Bleph, Lasik, Optical and Contacts down.

Planning for 2017, our 40th year!

If under 40 you were not born when this practice started. Would like to go back to the basics and focus on infrastructure of practice, better training for employees and make jobs more interesting. Would like for techs to become more proficient and certified. Need to recover some chairs to improve the physical look of the office.

We need your help, can’t do it alone. Talk to Amy and Dr. Carlin about our needs. Please complain – can’t solve all the problems but we need to know if you feel that you are not getting the help you need to do your job. Amy’s door is always open. If Amy or Dr. Carlin doesn’t respond, keep on them about it – would like to make it a better environment.

Dry eye service starting this month with Dr. Bennett-Sims. Hannah, our Dry Eye Coordinator, can make appointments on phone or at check-out. We will have a whole comprehensive exam on dry eye. If you have question please ask Hannah. Insurance covers evaluation and some treatments.

Snow tonight- talk to Saturday employees if we close. Amy will call Shelly and Brittany. Make sure you have the updated call triage so you know who to call and who calls you and make sure your phone number is correct. Read More

Office Notes – October 2016

Dr. RC: Good Morning!

Welcome to new people: Reagan, Neely, Katie, Kathy, and Brittany.

Dr. Willman has been here 1 year.

Dr. Richard Carlin told the story of how the practice began.

When scheduling a patient for second eye cataract surgery please be sure to document that it is the second eye.

We are having issues with PQRS and Diabetic letters. We will talk about the letters at the tech meeting.

The current promotions – Bleph referral contest, next month $1,000 off special; Lasik- BYO BFF.

Eddie (Trisha’s husband) is doing better and is in a room, he has a very long road ahead of him. Trisha is doing well and has been very strong through it all.

When patients come in with glasses issues they need to go to optical first.

The name of the Patient Experience Team is changing to Patient Care Management. They are entrusted to take care of our patients. We want to make this the best experience for our patients; their job is to manage the patients care. Read More