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Eradicating Demodex helps keep the ocular microbiome healthy

Like polishing glass, there are different ways to make your practice shine

In our latest episode, we discuss how an idea can become an invention with Joshua Mali, MD.

Medication compliance and regular exams are important to maintaining healthy vision. Turn your patients into a loyal ‘fan base’ with these consumer-friendly tips.

Many medical specialties share medications and technologies, from various classes of drugs to diagnostic testing and surgical instruments. Here are just a few “adopted” technologies we’re happy to see in the hands of ophthalmologists.

Follow Marie Kondo’s lead and spring clean your practice to make way for fresh frames.

"If you think this has a happy ending, you haven't been paying attention." - Ramsay Bolton.

If you have a product idea, no matter how simple or elaborate, just go for it! You never know where it will lead you, says Joshua Mali, MD. 

Now we can illuminate and clearly visualize floaters, putting effective laser treatment well within our reach, says Christopher F. Wood, MD

Supportive leadership creates a culture that benefits your whole team.

How do your predictions stack up to Dr. Mali’s? Check out below 

More efficient-and yes more fun!- methods of vision screening increase the likelihood kids receive corrective treatment.

Take control of your practice's finances using these three easy tips

Be excited about looking at the odds and following your team as they begin the long process of qualifying for playing in the World Series. Spring training is just around the corner and who doesn’t love a good ball game?

Some doctors worry that once they make the initial dry eye diagnosis, they’ll be faced with the tough reality of treating it effectively. Luckily, positive results are possible with certain therapies.

You don’t need to change your brand. Change how you interpret feedback.

The holiday season brings lots of good cheer and also worsens dry eyes-here's how your patients can effectively manage their symptoms. 

Time is everything. How are you spending yours? 

One pediatric ophthalmologist has spent 30 years educating the Louisiana community’s stakeholders about the importance of vision screening for young children.

IPL + thermal pulsation: A thorough approach to dry eye

For weary patients, dry eye clinics are often the last stop. Here, they finally find the knowledge, understanding, diagnosis, and treatment they deserve. Intense pulsed light (IPL) therapy, an important and practice-differentiating component of treatment, has helped us provide long-term relief from signs and symptoms.

Are you wondering if other practices are charging for adding pupillary distance (PD) to prescriptions and adjusting glasses purchased online for free? If so, how does this fit into your mission statement and strategic goals?

The market for ocular aesthetics is vast, yet very much underserved in 2018

Here's how your practice can utilize Facebook to reach out and spread the word about how you can help people with glaucoma.

Regular vision screening assessments in early childhood have been shown to reduce the risk of persistent amblyopia at 7 years of age by more than half, according to a recent retrospective record review. 

Laura M. Periman, MD, shares why dry eye spurs her curiosity, and why being a “dry eye sleuth” is refreshing (yes, refreshing!) in today’s medical practice environment.