New This Week
Building a Multi-Specialty Optometric Referral Practice
Christopher J. Quinn, OD, FAAO, president of Omni Eye Services, has built an optometric referral practice that provides a full range of specialty services, but, by design, offers no primary care optometric services. ODs who refer patients for specialty care are assured their patients will receive superior care then be returned to them for ongoing primary eyecare.>>READ MORE >>
Diagnostic Instrumentation
Retinal Imaging: Expand Medical Eyecare Services & Revenues
By Eric M. White, OD
A retinal imaging camera elevates your level of care in monitoring retinal health and equips you to participate fully in medical eyecare.
Doctor-Patient Relations
Dismissing the Problem Patient
By Maria Sampalis, OD
If a patient becomes offensive or disruptive, tell them to find another eye doctor. Here’s how.
Contact Lenses
Full-Day CL Comfort: New Technology Lets You Provide It
By Jason R. Miller, OD, MBA
Contact lens wearers need comfort all day through. New technology in contact lens materials delivers that comfort even at the end of the day.
ROB Fast Fact
What Technology Do You Employ with Patients in the Exam Room?
There is a good chance your exam room has gone high-tech, results from Jobson Optical Research’s 2013 ECP Internet Usage Study suggest. Some 75.2 percent of respondents report using a laptop or desktop computer in the exam room, while 60.2 percent say they use apps in the exam room, and 58.8 percent report using a smartphone in the exam room. Meanwhile, 50.7 percent say they use an iPad or tablet, and 19.4 percent use a TV screen in the exam room.
Click HERE to read more from Review of Optometric Business professional editors Carole Burns, OD, FCOVD, and Mark Wright, OD, FCOVD, on using technology in the exam room to create patient-centered care.
In Brief
Vision Source Sponsors NewGradOptometry.com Contest
Vision Source is sponsoring a contest on NewGradOptometry.com in which ODs are asked to share their practice management best practices. Those who submit best practice pearls will be entered to win one of three FitBit Flex wireless activity and sleep wristbands.
>>READ MORE & REGISTER FOR CONTEST>>
New: Six-Month Supply Pack for ACUVUE OASYS
Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc., announced that ACUVUE OASYS Brand Contact Lenses is now available in a new six-month Supply Pack (12 lenses per box). The new six-month Supply Pack will replace all three-month Supply Packs (six lenses per box), which was discontinued effective July 1, 2014.
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Challenge –> Solution
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Practice Challenge…
How do I optimize my EHR?You can use your electronic health records to improve patient care and office efficiency. Office protocols, staff training and patient education are needed to use this important new tool to its best advantage. Here is how some doctors are approaching this challenge.
…Practice Solution
- The ROB Electronic Health Resource
- Meaningful Use Stage 2: Action Points to Ready Your Practice
- EHR Mobility: Access EHR on Tablets
Recent Articles of Note
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Getting There: Planning a Successful Optometric Career
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Be Positive, and Always Thank Your Patient
An Optometric Minute video with Eric M. White, OD -
Capture Rate Booster: Train Staff to Fill Patient Prescriptions
By Stuart J. Thomas, OD, and Ellen Byrum-Goad, LDO
