Publications

J. Pinto and Associates Publications are available as Microsoft Word download files.

John Pinto is the country's most-published author on the subject of ophthalmic practice economics and management. Below is a small sample of recent articles. His numerous books are available at Slack Books.

Permission to quote from or reproduce these items with attribution is freely granted.

• Frugal Innovation White Paper
• The 'Twin Bridges Protocol': A Proposed Methodology to Measure and Help Improve Cataract Surgeon Skill
• The $10 Million Club: Solving Problems on the Way to Becoming a Much Larger Practice
• Rootless, Under-Employed Doctors Expected to Emerge With More Frequency as Ophthalmology's Economic Challenges Continue
• Just a Few Small Problems? Plan a Practice 'Make-Over'
• Eight Rules for Getting Along With Your Practice Partner
• Develop a Simple, Pragmatic Strategic Plan For Your Practice in Five Easy Steps
• Pinto's Practice Development Doctrine. Five Easy Rules to Help You Stay Out of Trouble as You Grow
• Three Growth and Profit Strategies for the Next Five Years
• Practice Cash Flow Comes From the Value We Bring to Our Patient Relationships
• Making a Smooth Transition From Solo to Group-Practice
• Planning and Planting Your Practice Garden
• Avoiding The Dangers of Practice Growth
• Cures for Doctor Burnout
• Grooming Your Practice For a Sale
• How to Jumpstart a Declining Practice
• Indexing Promotional Expenses to Growth Goals
  Are You Spending Too Much or Too Little on Marketing?
• Is Your Practice Large Enough? Defining and Sustaining Practice Growth Goals.
• Managing Employee Optometrists in Your Practice
• Measuring and Monitoring the Surgical Density of Your Practice
• The Ophthalmic Personality
• Optical Performance Guidelines, Indices and Pearls
• Questions That Can Improve Your Bottom Line
• Scoring Your Practice: How Does the Quality of Your Life Count?
• Small is Beautiful.Rethinking the Size of Your Practice
• Successful Strategies For Hiring and Managing Subspecialists
• Surgeons and Managers: Partnering for Practice Growth
• Ten Simple Rules For a Successful Practice
• The Cash Flow Benefits of Continuous, Quality Care
• The Economics of Formal Procedures and Cross-Coverage
• What Does Your Associate Doctor Really Want?
• What Office Facilities Do You Really Need...What Can Your Practice Afford?
• Worried About a Light Appointment Book?
  Longer-Term Forecasting With Clinic and Surgery Booking Trends
• Seizing Life in Paris, Seizing Life in Your Practice