What you told us on October 7, tool by tool. Some tools stay exactly as they are.
TodayNine tools that don't talk to each other
Medical softwareGoogle CalendarsmsreminderWavePaystoneLens ShapersCentennialInsurersPayroll hours
done by hand
You and your staffLab orders typed again, reminders sent by hand, paper receipts
With Optimize25Tools stay; agents connect them
Medical softwareGoogle CalendarText & email remindersWavePaystoneLens ShapersCentennialInsurer portalsPayroll hours
filled in by agents
Your phone and a desk dashboardYou approve; nothing leaves the store without staff approval
Tool and what it doesThe pain todayWhat changes
Your current medical softwarePatient files and prescriptions
You don't like it at all.
We lay out keep or switch, and our agents work either way (12).
Google CalendarThe appointment book; you book
None. Booking works.
Stays. It becomes the source for reminders, recalls and online booking.
smsreminderAppointment texts, about $25 a month for 250
Text reminders sent out by hand. No email reminders.
Text and email reminders go out on their own; patients confirm or reschedule.
WaveSales, invoices and accounting
Invoicing is easy. Receipts are all paper.
Stays the hub. Every receipt photo saved and matched in Wave.
PaystoneCard payments
None mentioned.
No change.
Lens ShapersLab orders on their website
Prescription and order typed again by hand into the lab's website.
The lab form fills itself from the order. You and your staff check and submit.
Centennial OpticalStock lenses you edge in house
Log in, type the prescription, add to cart, check out.
Same order prep, same check before checkout.
InsurersTELUS eClaims, Manulife and the major ones
Customers pay and claim it themselves.
We fill in the TELUS claim from the sale. You or your staff tap submit. Every claim tracked until paid.
Email marketingNone today
No list, no campaigns, no reminders to come back.
A legal email list from your patients, campaigns that bring people back, tracked to the booking.
PayrollHours sent to your accountant
Collected and sent by hand every pay period.
One clean summary, approved by you, sent on time.