Articles
A Free Continuing Education Series - Avoiding Contact Lens Dropouts
Customizing lens care and educating contact lens patients is important.
Achieve More by Doing Less
Learn a few secrets to the art of time management.
By Paul Wynn, Contributing
business advisor - How Productive is Your Staff?
Learn what's really involved in understanding your staff expenses.
By Jerry Hayes, OD, and
COLLEGE PROFILE: Southern College of Optometry
The Southern College of Optometry: SCO believes that the key to its success is the outstanding clinical education it provides.
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contact lens management - Expanding the Candidate Pool
Silicone hydrogels have tremendous appeal, so don't niche them.
Contact Lens Options for Presbyopes
Satisfying your presbyopic patients has never been easier. Here's a review of some of the options that are available to this patient demographic.
Contact Lens Solutions Update
Manufacturers attempt to fulfill patients' wish lists with their latest offerings.
fix this practice - Get It in Writing
Many factors underscore the need for written agreements. This example involves the purchase of a practice.
instrumental strategies - A Revolutionary Refractionist
Topcon introduces the world's first patient-assisted refraction system.
lessons learned - Curmudgeons Are My Heroes
Those who say what they think can give the rest of us a vicarious thrill.
Malpractice: Doctors Strike Back
A Texas Web site lists medical malpractice plaintiffs. Is this effective risk management?
Managing Glaucoma
Here is a step-by-step approach to managing patients with glaucoma in your practice
o.d. to o.d. - Plan Time out of the Office
Yes, you and your staff can reap the benefits of a vacation this year. But you must act now.
practice pulse
Tips, Trends & News You Can Use
reflections - Says You!
Experience is at odds with science in this story of helping a patient.
staffing solutions - Examining Staff Job Performance
In the first of a two-part series, we examine a frequently cloudy issue.
the dry eye file - Does Dryness Mean Dry Eye?
The symptoms aren't always so straightforward.
The State of Contact Lenses: 2003 In Review
The past year's industry figures show growth for disposable lens categories, but quarterly and traditional replacement soft lenses are losing popularity. But there's more.
therapeutic insights - LASIK Gets Better
A new femtosecond laser should achieve greater reliability.
view from the top - Being the Best
What's the secret to becoming the best? Do you strive toward being the best or do others first see you as such?
viewpoint - Business Lessons from the Road
What can you learn about small business from the back of a cab?
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For Your Patients and Practice
Wielding Technology Against Glaucoma
Here's the secret to success in glaucoma therapy
Are they hearing what you're saying?
Communication is the keystone of a successful practice. Try these six ways to improve yours.
If I Had To Do It Over - Raising a Practice With Tough Love
This savvy O.D. fostered early success by making a few critical decisions.
Ocular Health and Next Generation Solutions
Understanding taurine and its possible role in ocular health.
Street Smarts - Two Professions at Odds: My Two Cents
Before you take sides in the battle for eyecare supremacy, listen to an O.D. in the trenches.
The Solution for Your Bottom Line
Discomfort is the number one reason why patients stop wearing their contact lenses. Could their multipurpose solution be a contributing factor?
Tomorrow's Technologies For Today's Lens Wearers
Contact lens solutions may factor into the success formula. Patient success equals practice success.
Tracking the Tides
A new survey from the Southern California College of Optometry casts light on how the SCCO classes of 1997 through 2000 are faring.
Wise To The World
School's in session at the Vistakon Vision Care Institute: Must-have office equipment: Financing your first practice