Let’s look at the same data for optometry, but break it down by five states. It appears that over that same time fewer patients of psychiatrists and psychologists wanted to come back into the office to have an in-person visit. Compare and contrast the optometrist and ophthalmologist numbers with the psychiatrist and psychologist numbers. This data gives us a clear picture of how important it is for our patients to actually come into the office and how important it is for eye doctors to want to see patients for in-person visits. Optometry appointments remained largely in-person: 92 percent in-person in May 2020 and 99 percent in-person in April 2021.In general, the national average for all specialties shifted from 67 percent in-person visits in May 2020 to 89 percent in-person visits in April 2021.Zocdoc supplied the following data to us:īy looking at the data from May 2020 through April 2021, there is a significant difference between optometry and ophthalmology and other specialties:

We can learn from this information what happened from May 2020 to April 2021, as well as what actions we need to take in our practices. Here are the latest metrics on optometry appointment bookings from Zocdoc. Many patients book appointments using online services such as Zocdoc.

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