Optometrists: scheduling contact lens fittings and aftercare
How optometrists can schedule contact lens fittings and aftercare: a fitting service, a teach session, booking the check-up from the list, room and equipment slots.
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Contact lenses aren't one appointment but a sequence: the fitting, a session to learn insertion and removal, and an aftercare check a few weeks later. Put the fitting on your booking page as its own service, and book the teach session and the aftercare check yourself as the patient progresses. Each step has the right slot length, nobody forgets the check-up, and your eye examination slots stay free for sight tests.
One service per step
On Book, each service has a name, a price and an optional description shown on your public page, and each slot belongs to one service, sits within one day and has its own capacity.
| Service | Example slot | Places |
|---|---|---|
| Contact lens fitting | 40 min | 1 |
| Insertion and removal teach | 30 min | 1 |
| Aftercare check | 20 min | 1 |
| Annual contact lens review | 20 min | 1 |
| Eye examination | 30 min | 1 |
Durations are examples: set your own, according to your protocols, and state your fees in each description.
What the fitting description says
- whether a recent eye examination is needed first;
- to bring current glasses and any lenses already worn;
- to come without lenses in, or how long to remove them before, according to your protocol;
- that a teach session and an aftercare check follow.
The teach session and aftercare
Once the fitting is done, book the teach session from your bookings list when the trial lenses are ready, and the aftercare check a few weeks after. First and last name are enough; if you enter the patient's email, they get a confirmation with a calendar file for each date. Rescheduling works across services if the lenses arrive late.
Rooms and equipment
If fittings and eye examinations use the same room and equipment, give them separate times, since slots of different services can overlap. In a practice with several optometrists, give each their own services; Book has one booking page per business and no staff field.
Annual reviews
Contact lens wearers need a regular review. At the aftercare check, book next year's review from your list if your slots are open that far, or send the patient your link when the time comes.
Privacy and changes
The booking note appears in the patient's calendar file, so keep prescriptions and eye health details out of it. Patients can't move or cancel online: they call the practice and you move the appointment. Book doesn't send reminders or take payments. Book costs €5/month, everything included: unlimited services and bookings, no commission, no contract.
Should the fitting, teach and aftercare be separate services?
What should patients bring to the fitting?
Can fittings and eye exams share a room?
How do I book the annual review?
- Optometrist booking software & eye test app — €5/month
- Optometrists: book dry eye assessment appointments
- Specialist doctors: scheduling results follow-up appointments