Practice Management

TEAM-OGS gives practices more fundraising opportunities to end preventable blindness and vision impairment globally throughout the year.

Educating parents of pediatric patients starts with getting staff on the same page.

Ambient listening and transcription provide promising impact on the patient care experience.

The UOA offers networking opportunities with over 140,000 spectacle and contact lens opticians.

Reflecting on big optometric wins keeps eye care in perspective.

Charissa Lee, OD, MBA, FAAO weighs in on the important role a diversity, equity, and inclusion perspective can play in leadership roles in optometry.

Over 60 eye care professionals from all 50 states were selected to help shift the focus of pediatric myopia care from correction to comprehensive treatment.

A patient's ethnicity and race should be considered when assessing risk factor and changing management plans, according to Ruth Shoge, OD MPH, FAAO.

Harmonize your vision in Nashville.

Award winners will be announced at the NORA 2024 Conference from September 19-22 in Kissimmee, Florida.

One of the resources provided by the partnership is a Dry Eye Wheel, which provides mitigation, measurement, and management processes to inform the treatment of dry eye disease.

Christina Schiller, OD, Blake Jarrard, OD, and Christopher Herring, OD, were this year’s recipients.

South Dakota’s newest scope expansion bill, signed into law earlier this year, offers new opportunities for optometrists.

The program allows practices to sign up for rebate deals and discounted services.

The Early Detection of Vision Impairment in Children (EDVI) Act was recently introduced in the US House of Representatives with the goal of improving access, diagnosis, and treatment for children ages 2 to 17, according to Prevent Blindness.

The Patient Whisperers Cofounders Lauren Weaver and Christine Scarlett gave their keynote presentation "The Secret to Crazy Growth: Defining Your Identity on Social Media," at the 2024 Controversies in Modern Eye Care meeting May 4 in Los Angeles, California.

The company's ONE by ONE and Biotrue Eye Care Recycling programs have collected over 84 million units or over 500,000 pounds, of used contact lenses, eye care and lens care materials in the US.

Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry President Mark Colip, OD, overviews the organization’s recent faculty report and details a new mentorship program for potential optometry students.

Effective management of turnover can have a big impact on revenue.

Community Eye Care Specialists has a total of 6 locations across New York and Pennsylvania providing a variety of medical and surgical services.

Creating an accessible office allows those most in need to receive care.

The new service, PolicyWatch, allows optometric practices and service providers as well as telemedicine solution companies to access real-time policy changes in their area of practice, spanning all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

The company now offers 3 different digital marketing plans for independent optometric offices, and will have a strategist dedicated to individual accounts.

The Hadassah Self-Visual Acuity Screener (HSVA) has high test–retest reliability, accuracy, and alignment with clinical-standard VA tests, according to a study conducted by its developers.

One of the 15 clinics Miriam Korik, OD, works at is an optical boutique. She shares her expertise on exam personalization and how to realize these tweaks as sales.

Since its U.S. launch in September 2023, more than 40,000 avacincaptad pegol intravitreal solution vials have been distributed to physician practices.

Rebecca Alexander, LCSW-R, MPH, has been gradually losing both her vision and hearing since she was a teenager due to Usher syndrome type 3. She discusses the importance of making practice accessible for those with vision loss in an exclusive interview.

Peer and public reviews for Care of the Patient with Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma will be taken until April 24.