Articles
EHR: How to Become a meaningful user
Despite reports to the contrary, you can quality for federal incentives for EHR
Fix this practice
What is the future of the optical?
Food for Thought
Follow these four tips to incorporate nutrition into your practice
Instrumental Focus
iVue, from Optovue
Lens Solution Compliance: Lessons from a Best Seller
Creating "real value" and patient accountability via communication is the key to lens solution adherence
Lessons Learned
It’s a crazy, crazy world
Letters
Readers Voice their Opinions
O.D. to O.D.
When should you think about selling your practice?
By Walter D. West, O.D., F.A.A.O., Chief
Practice Pulse
Wal-Mart found in violation of Texas Optometry Act; green your contact lens practice; optometrist Tom Little receives posthumous award; FDA News; Research Notes; O.D. Notebook
Reflections
Conquering poverty
Solution Focus
Biotrue, from Bausch + Lomb
The Impact of Age-Related Disease
What does it mean for optometry when incidences of diabetes, age-related macular degeneration and other age-related diseases increase?
The Realities of New Educational and Industry Standards
AdvaMed, PhRMA and COPE guidelines are transforming the relationship between vendors and health care professionals
Therapeutic Focus: Prostaglandin Analog 2.0
Prostaglandin provides IOP reduction with less drug exposure than original
View from the top
Avoidance is a bad strategy
Viewpoint
Forget the “wow” factor
Cracking Down on Meibomian Gland Dysfunction
Screen for suspects, inspect and express the glands, and choose the best treatments for your patients
By Kelly Nichols, OD, MPH, PhD
Diagnose Glaucoma with Confidence
Tests including scanning laser polarimetry and visual fields give you all the "expert opinion" you need
Surface Appeal
Treatment of meibomian gland dysfunction, dry eye and other ocular surface problems is an easy, lucrative way to boost patient satisfaction
By Douglas K. Devries, OD
Testing for Glaucoma-related Structural and Functional Changes
Side by side, scanning laser polarimetry and visual threshold testing aids diagnosis