Posted on August 18, 2017 by mattcandau
by April Jasper, OD
I made it!
Hello from the other side. I am happy to report that all is going great with our implementation of Eyefinity EHR. I was never really worried about it, but I did have first day jitters. The nervousness is really more of a mind game than anything else. It is funny how you are either excited to get started or nervous about the unknown. We always try to keep a positive perspective, as it changes the outcome and outlook of the day for the better. Continue reading →
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Posted on August 17, 2017 by mattcandau
Going to Vision Expo West isn’t cheap ($40 buffets…crazy!). However, VEW can be an important investment for your practice. Here are four ways to ensure you make the most out of this year’s show:
- Register for free! Let Eyefinity pick up the tab on registering for Vision Expo West.
- Take advantage of incredible education opportunities. From classes on glaucoma treatment to managing a business, there are over 320 hours of education for every role and experience level, including an entertaining MIPS talk (we promise that’s not an oxymoron) by Masoud Nafey, OD.
- Get a sweet deal. Vision Expo West has some of the best deals of the year. Think of it as the Black Friday for optometry. Come by the Eyefinity booth #17114 to find out how to get a $1,000 gift card.
- Connect with other ODs. The Las Vegas strip will be hopping with networking events during VEW. Check out a list of just some of the happy hours, receptions, and breakfasts you might want to attend.
If you do make it out to VEW, don’t be a stranger! We’d love to see you at our booths #17114 and #MS12043.
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Posted on July 19, 2017 by mattcandau
by April Jasper, OD
One of the last things you will do as you prepare to go live with Eyefinity EHR is a final “checkout” with your Implementation Specialist. What I loved about the checkout is that it inspired me to hammer out those last 20 charts. It was wonderful to see how much faster I was at completing a chart in Eyefinity EHR than in ExamWRITER (and I am pretty good with ExamWRITER if I might say so myself!).
In my opinion, what makes Eyefinity EHR faster is that it “remembers me.” With its intuitive programming, the most common diagnoses I see in my area are at my fingertips as well as my most common treatments and return visits. It is like having a chair-side assistant that learns your every move and anticipates the next one for you. I still make all of the final decisions, of course. However, the options I want most are designed to be easy to find.
In addition to the doctors, all the technicians do a final checkout as well. As we all went through our checkout, it was low-stress and a positive teaching experience to have the specialist there with us. The checkout is one more teaching moment that brings it all together and inspires your practice to get going.
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Posted on July 12, 2017 by mattcandau
by April Jasper, OD
What do you do when life happens?
Everyone was on schedule in our office with training and our date of final certification and installation was set. The plan was to go live after returning from our first ever big vacation with the kids. The third day of our trip, I was walking along on the cobblestone streets of Paris pointing out where van Gogh and Picasso lived when the next thing I knew, I was on the ground and my ankle was swelling quickly. To make a long story short, I couldn’t walk and had no idea if my ankle was broken or sprained until I returned home several days later. Running through my mind, of course, was the question of how this was going to impact my life not only at the moment but also when I returned to the office.
With any other change in my office, I would have been in a panic. However, with going from ExamWRITER to Eyefinity EHR, I knew I didn’t have to worry. I called the office and moved our “Go Live” date back a little bit in case I would have to be out of the office when I returned or unable to work at full speed. It is important to be prepared and plan ahead. However, when life gets in the way, it is also important to regroup, set a new date, and move on. It has been a blessing to work with Eyefinity because their onboarding system and their team are so helpful and flexible when life happens.
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Posted on July 5, 2017 by mattcandau
by April Jasper, OD
Do you remember the days of paper charts where we had a form which had all the normal findings on it? If a patient had all normal findings, we just circled all of them and saved ourselves boatloads of time! I think these forms are the primary reason doctors complain that EHR systems slow them down. What my team loves about Eyefinity EHR is that when all the findings are normal, we can select one button that marks the entire exam as normal and it auto populates. It feels a lot like the old days with paper. An EHR should make us more efficient, not less so; look for these features and follow this blog to read about them as I learn them with you.
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Posted on June 28, 2017 by mattcandau
by April Jasper, OD
One of the areas I have found refreshing as far as time savings and efficiency in my workflow goes, is the adaptive learning feature of Eyefinity EHR. The program “learns” the choices I make most frequently in my exam and offers them up on a list for me to select from, keeping me from having to scroll ad nauseam. The more I use the program, the more efficient it makes me. This is refreshing. Keep up the good work, Eyefinity! You’re making me a better doctor by giving me more time to spend with patients and reducing the time I spend staring at a computer.
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Posted on June 21, 2017 by mattcandau
by April Jasper, OD
I can remember the amount of time it took me at the beginning of the process with my previous EHR to input all of the possible contact lens options. I cannot imagine doing that again. It was hours on end of my time and then hours of time on the part of my staff each time a new product was released. One of my favorite features of Eyefinity EHR is that it pulls all the contact lens options from ABB’s database and requires none of my time doing data entry. The product catalogue is updated as soon as a product is released. This allows me to make certain I never pick a contact lens that isn’t available, saves all of our team’s time, and creates greater efficiency in our practice. While I am sure I will find something I don’t like as much about the new EHR, these features are already making it more than worth my investment of time and money.
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