trying to set goals for our small practice here. wondering how many patients an average optometry practice has and how many comprehensive eye exams a day is comfortable for each optometrist.
thank you all for your guidance!
trying to set goals for our small practice here. wondering how many patients an average optometry practice has and how many comprehensive eye exams a day is comfortable for each optometrist.
thank you all for your guidance!
Traditional numbers say 8 exams x 5 days x 50 weeks = 2000/yr
Need about 6000 for a good patient base.
we see anywhere between 18-23 patients a day.
We have about 15 patients per clinic. We have two clinics a day minimum, but usually have three, so around 45 patients a day, not counting the contact lens clinic which is separate.
However we are considered a flagship store in our region so we are bigger than most in the area.
Thank you all so much for your guidance and input
We run 5 Optoms per day during the week who will see 14-18 patients a day with 2 dedicated Orthoptist doing pre-testing (Auto Ref, K's, NCT) + Optos / OCT as required.
So around 400 patients per week on average.
We are alot busier than 99.9% of stores out (especially as not a "Chain" optical) - it does help that we are the only Optical in my town, and nearest competition is approx 160km (100miles+) away.
Go with what you are comfortable with working - as long as the store is profitable, staff and customers are happy your all good i say :)
I'm crying looking at these numbers. On our long days we see as many as 80 patients with just one doctor. Shorter days are around 50 patients. But I work for an MD. So not all of those are comprehensive exams and also we have two ophthalmic technicians doing the workups. I'd say we see about 4 to 5 comprehensive exams per hour. And, yes, we run behind. When we had an optom, he would see about 18 - 20 patients a day, also with technicians doing the pre-testings.
Krystle
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