The 2022 State of Optometry Staffing

This ebook will give you insight into the current crisis in optometry staffing.

• One of the most critical reasons that optometry practices find it takes longer to accomplish daily administrative tasks is staffing shortages.
• Weave’s survey showed that roughly 66% of the healthcare professionals concluded that they were short-staffed as of February 2022. Of this percentage, 5% were optometry professionals.
• To better understand what work is like for optometrists and their staff during the pandemic, the AOA and the Health Policy Institute published a survey in April 2020.
• Because of staffing shortages, 68% of the optometrists surveyed saw an increase in the time required for patient intake and a 35% increase in administrative duties such as insurance verification or collections.