It is incredibly rewarding to have specialty contact lenses as a practice niche. However, to create a great experience for these patients, and to maintain efficiency, you have to know the best way to move them through your office. I see around 250 new specialty contact lens patients per year. This breaks down to about 20 patients per month and about five per week. I schedule new specialty lens patients for 20 minutes, which is the same for all of my other patients—both glasses and regular contact lens patients. I played with making specialty contact lens patient visits longer, but I learned that it all balances out just fine. Read More