From pickleball to prior authorizations with Dr. Vin Dang

For Maria Sampalis, OD, implementing AI isn't an excuse for practice owners to replace their staff with new technology; it should instead lift the burden of certain tasks to make for more patient visits.

IDOC's 2025 benchmarks from 175-plus independent OD practices put median practice net at 31% of revenue as variable costs fell for the first time since tracking began.

Maria Sampalis, OD, discusses her implementation of the EHR software Barti in her practice.

Host Hamza Shah, OD, MS, FAAO, is joined by Cory Lappin, OD, MS, FAAO, to discuss dynamic muscle stimulation for dry eye, spurred by a paper on improving blinking in dry eye patients.

Dry eye questionnaires capture only 22.4% of Demodex blepharitis symptoms, and a 22-study review links Demodex infestation to worse meibomian gland function.