A new patient coordinator finishes onboarding. She has the script, the lens brochure, and a week of shadowing behind her. Three weeks later, a patient asks her something the script never covered:
For ophthalmology practices, improving consult-to-surgery conversion starts before the patient ever sits down with the surgeon. A cataract consultation is more than a clinical evaluation. It is also a decision-making moment. Patients
Your online reputation is not decided the moment a patient sits down to write a review. It is decided weeks earlier, in a rushed consultation where a patient never quite understood why
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A patient sits down for their cataract consultation. They do not know what a cataract actually is. They have never heard of an advanced technology IOL. They are worried about being awake