Optometric Management

Nutrition 101 and Optometry: PART 1
By: Jeffrey Anshel, O.D.; Ellen Troyer, M.T., M.A.
Having a basic knowledge of nutrition enables you to enhance patient care, which increases your practice's income

How to Deal With Difficult Contact-Lens Fits
By: Dianne M. Anderson, OD, FAAO
Learn how to identify and address contact-lens fitting challenges

Upgrade Your Contact Lens Patients
By: Elise Brisco, O.D., F.A.A.O.
Here are three tips that may enable you to switch your patients from their old-generation lenses into new designs

The Next Frontier in Electronic Health Records
By: John Warren, O.D.; John McDaniel, O.D.
Should you import test results into your EHR system? The answer is tricky

Guidelines for Giving Pay Raises
By: Bob Levoy, O.D.
Do you struggle with making payroll decisions? Here is some practical advice

A Loyal Staff is More Than Just Satisfied
By: Ted A. McElroy, O.D.
Follow these eight tips to maximize staff retention

Accurately Evaluate Visual Function
By: Norman Young, O.D.
Using this testing method may improve patient satisfaction with vision correction

The Macular Pigments
By: Dennis L. Gierhart, PhD; Victor E. Malinovsky, O.D., F.A.A.O.
An understanding of macular pigments will aid your preventative-care efforts

O.D. TO O.D.
By: Walter D. West , OD, FAAO
Is “optometric physician” a title or oxymoron

Viewpoint
By: Jim Thomas, Executive Editor
Words From The Endless Campaign

Practice pulse
PCO gets new name; O.D. on the run; Kirby Puckett Education Center; pediatric soft contact lenses and myopia; fast facts; Acuvue Oasys for Astigmatism

View from the top
By: Gary Gerber, OD
How to Ban a Plan

Lessons
By: Jack Runninger, O.D.
From Irish Bulls to Retired Gangsters

Business Advisor
By: Jerry Hayes, O.D.
Partnership Analysis: Control

Instrumental Strategies
By: N. Rex Ghormley, O.D., F.A.A.O.; Jack J. Yager, OD, FAAO
QuantifEye, from ZeaVision, LLC

What's New

Reflections
By: Graham B. Erickson, OD
Seeing Gold

Current Issue: June 2008