Contact lens management

RG-4 corneal reshaping lens, from Paragon Vision Sciences

Effectively Comanage IOL Patients

Constant patient education and practitioner involvement ensures successful outcomes

Fix this practice

Who’s minding your practice?

How Dry Am I: Making Sense of Dry Eye Disease

What the ITF and DEWS reports mean to optometrists

By ERNIE BOWLING, O.D., M.S., F.A.A.O., DIPL., Gadsden, Ala.

How to Create the Perfect Web Site For Your Practice

Use the steps in this article to create your most important piece of external marketing

Instrumental strategies

TRC-NW8 non-mydriatic digital retinal camera, from Topcon

Lessons

Even When Things Go Wrong

Letters

Readers Voice their Opinions

Make The Perfect Match

Base your contact lens recommendation on patient population and subjective visual, lifestyle and comfort needs

Map Out Your Lens Fitting

Increase the satisfaction of your challenging-to-fit contact lens patients by using a corneal topographer

O.D. to O.D.

The Secret to Flying High is a Well-Grounded Set of Lists

By Walter D. West, O.D., F.A.A.O., Chief

Practice pulse

O.D. student invention; California car bill; who will be the next president; healthcare illiteracy, and sunglass burglaries.

Reflections

Climb For Sight

Should annual Eye exams be the Standard of Care?

The answer starts with our eyes and reaches beyond to myriad socio-economic issues

By GULROOP HANSRA, O.D.

View from the top

Attack of The Robo-Sales Force

View point

Another perspective on achievement

What's new

Advice

Take These Two Steps to Stimulate Patient Referrals

By Stephen Cohen, OD

Beyond Scratching the Surface

Diagnose, treat and manage ocular surface disease for long-term success

By J. James Thimons, OD, FAAO

From the AOSA

Becoming an Influence in Your Community

By Ray Pirozzolo, Secretary, AOSA

Getting the Most Out of Externships and Residencies

Gain the confidence you need that only comes from real-world experience

By Jamie J. Casper, OD, PhD, FAAO, Wilmington, NC

If I Had to Do It Over

Organized Optometry: A Window Of Opportunities

By Glenda Secor, OD, Huntington

Patient's Perspective

Hitting Out of the Rough

Preventing Blindness Due to Glaucoma

A specialist offers advice for protecting your patients' vision

By Peter Libre, MD, Norwalk, Conn.

Step 3 in Starting a Practice from the Ground Up

Learn how to choose a contractor, select equipment and design your office space to prepare for opening day

By Gina Wesley, OD, MS, FAAO, Medina, Minn.

Street Smarts

It's All About the Experience

By Dan Beck, OD

Wise to the World

Discuss Eye Health, Pregnancy With Female Patients

By Judith Riddle Senior Editor