CLToday Fitting Tip of the Month

November 2003

Contact Lenses Today® is edited by Dr. Joseph T. Barr and the staff of Contact Lens Spectrum.

Gauge Your Patients' Interests
 Q: How do you maximize your color contact lens practice?

A: Maximizing your color contact lens practice starts when the patient calls for an appointment. Have your staff ask whether the appointment is for eyeglasses, contact lenses or LASIK. If the patient answers "contact lenses," then inform him that many contact lenses, including color lenses, are available. Then flag the patient's examination chart to remind your staff to provide a manufacturer's brochure, or other tinted lens promotional material, for the patient to read while he's waiting for you.
--Kirk Smick, OD
Atlanta, Ga.
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