In the past year, I have been working with the medical director responsible for the medical home initiative for the largest health system in Ohio. We are creating protocols for the delivery of primary eye care for the ODs that are in the geographic areas of their primary care physicians. That effort is an example …
Spring is here and that means golf season is right around the corner! Mark your calendars for two golf outings to support the Ohio Optometric Foundation: 1. Dr. Dennis Roark invites you to join him and Rick Cornett at a special golf outing on May 22 at the Springfield Country Club, Springfield, Ohio. Cost is …
Seeing babies before one year of age and keeping Ohio’s InfantSEE program front-of-mind for parents and others involved with babies are major efforts of Ohio InfantSEE volunteers. Receiving a report that their baby has a well-functioning visual system is a wonderful assurance for a parent. InfantSEE providers also have the privilege to see those who …
The speakers for the 2013 EastWest Eye Conference have been announced. EastWest has an incredible faculty for OD education,” said Dr. Brian Mathie, chair of EastWest education. “Speakers include Dr. Larry Alexander, Dr. Jill Autry, Dr. Charles Brownlow, Dr. Paul Karpecki, Dr. John McGreal, Dr. Bruce Onofrey, Dr. Carlo Pelino, Dr. Joe Pizzimenti, Dr. Sherrol …
Don’t neglect to make the most of your contact lens services for your patients—and your practice. By Jason R. Miller, OD, MBA In the face of health care reform, contact lenses are vitally important to the optometric business model. Advanced contact lens materials, designs and solution systems have improved our ability to provide a comfortable … Continue reading »
During the past 12 school years, the Realeyes curriculum has been presented by over 550 optometrists and staff to more than 650,000 students in 18,000 classrooms in Ohio. The goal is to educate students (and along the way, parents, teachers, school officials and others) about the importance of vision care and eye safety. Through thousands … Continue reading »
It is almost summertime, and a lot of my patients (and patient’ parents) have been talking about how much time they are spending at the baseball fields for practice and games. We have all heard the saying “Keep you eye on the ball” when the kid is flailing about with a bat. Because of this … Continue reading »
Watch the Brian Williams of NBC Nightly News Segment about a concerned nurse who pushed for one of her students to get an eye exam, even after he passed the vision screening. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/51667816/displaymode/1283/for/facebookvideo Let us know what you think! Continue reading »
by Harmin Chima, OSU Optometry Student For some Ohio State (OSU) Optometry students, spring break means sandy beaches and palm trees. For eight students, spring break consisted of the opportunity to serve others. These specific students visited Jamaica, and took their direct ophthalmoscopes with them. They traveled through the college’s Fellowship of Christian Optometrists (FCO) … Continue reading »
by Dr. Brenda Montecalvo, President “Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” — Helen Keller (1880-1968) Optometry serves many areas of eye health and vision care, including Contact Lens, Sports Vision, InfantSEE, Glaucoma, Ocular Surface Disease, Research, Education, Public Health, Private Clinical Care, Students, Corporate Eye Care, Veterans’ Eye Health … Continue reading »
The EYE 5K fun run/walk is Epsilon Psi Epsilon’s philanthropic event in support of Pilot Dogs Inc. The Pilot Dogs Inc. is a non-profit organization that trains seeing eye dogs for the visually impaired. The event will be held at Fred Beekman Park on Sunday April 14, 2013 at 9:00am. The event is open to … Continue reading »
