Women are an integral part of the Optometric community. Decade by decade, the percentage of US and Canadian female Optometrists has risen dramatically. Optometry school graduating classes averaged 37.1% female from 1982 to 1991, 56% from 1992-2001, 66% from...
There are so many opportunities to help our patients and grow a practice that falls outside the realm of just exam, glasses, and contacts. Embracing new technologies in eyecare and medically focused optometry has improved our patient care –...
Our healthcare system is sick. We attempt to improve its condition through containing costs and maintaining the standard of care, however when costs are contained quality of care suffers and vice versa. Privacy, inconsistencies in record keeping, inefficient methods...
Years ago I decided to use the size of our community to negotiate a great deal with a credit card vendor for members. I vetted several companies and settled on Vantiv who promised a super-low non-adjustable rate and a...
I want to see us all succeed and elevate our profession in the process, avoiding pressures put on us by our “partners” who seek to control our income and our product choices. One way VSP tries to control us...
It’s always been important for me to use the voice I have through this community to share opinions, concerns and insights regarding changes announced by industry partners, especially when they will have an impact on our ability to provide...
Myopia control isn’t rocket science; every OD who reads this has the clinical skills and education to not only correct myopia but to apply the latest science to help patients manage progression of myopia. Care of myopic patients is...
Our lives are way too full of Zoom's. Everyone I talk to tells me they're sick of them.
Many of the Zoom’s are full of excessive optimism and fluff. I have a suggestion - don't host a Zoom unless...
Pre-COVID Telemedicine was anathema for many ODs. The current situation seems to have increased its credibility for many. I’m even hearing from people who believe the crisis we are witnessing is the beginning of a new era where exam...
Just over 100 years ago we dealt with the first major pandemic of the post-industrialized world, the 1918 influenza pandemic. This pandemic claimed 50 million lives or 2.5% of the world's population at the time. The flu came in...