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4 Steps to Creating your Procedure Manual in Google Docs

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Looking to create your own Procedure Manual?

In my last article, A "Clickable" Procedure Manual,  I showed you how a clickable manual could be used in your office.  This guide will show you how you can make a procedure manual from scratch using Google Documents.
It is a fairly simple (but lengthy) process and you will need to be familiar with my previous Guide on Making a Guide on Google Docs before proceeding.
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How to Properly Implement Officemate's Lens Loader

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The VSP Interface in Officemate has come a long way from when I implemented it three years ago. You can find the latest VSP Interface checklist on page 483 of Officemate Administration v12.0.3 Guide. The newest implementation method provided by Officemate is a module called the VSP Setup Assistant and it walks you through each step to get VSP Interface up and running.
If you look at the checklist, lens setup is 70% of the VSP Setup Assistant, so using Lens Loader properly is essential to proper VSP Interface implementation. The VSP Setup Assistant is a stripped-down, guided version of properly setup your lenses in Officemate. I want to show you how to properly use the actual Lens Loader feature. How Does Lens Loader Work?The “Lens Loader” feature provided by Officemate is a tool that imports uniformly-named lenses directly from Eyefinity into your database. When you 1) select a lens to import, it 2) filters through the prices set in your 3rd Party Attributes, and 3) creates lens combina…
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Patient Communication Tools: A Side-by-Side Comparison

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On a podcast of the Power Hour, Dr. Gary Gerber discusses the 4patientcare, DemandForce, SolutionReach and Websystems - ALL on the same episode! This podcast has a lot of good information for those shopping for a patient communication tool.
I have hands-on experience withWebsystems3,DemandForce, andSolutionReach (no affiliate links here) in an optometric practice workflow and they are all powerful platforms that provide an opportunity for streamlining how you communicate with your patients via phone, email, and text messaging. Although I have not personally used4PatientCare, I did do a demo and I know many ODs who use it effectively.

 What does a Patient Communication Tool do? A patient communication tool syncs with your practice management software and can notify your patients that their glasses and contact lenses are ready, remind your patients about their upcoming appointments, provide reviews to see how your practice is doing, manage appointment requests, and more!
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