Patient Communication
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22Spectacle Lenses for Myopia Management Changed Our Practice
August 2, 2021 By Vishakha Thakrar, OD; Vaughan Family Vision Care, Ontario, Canada Since we started utilizing novel spectacle lenses, we have...
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1.2KStarting Myopia Management Early Yields Greatest Outcomes
July 15, 2021 By Melanie Frogozo, OD, FAAO, Alamo Eye Care , San Antonio, Texas To give children the greatest chance of...
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1.6KWhat is Myopia Management?
July 1, 2021 By Dwight Akerman, OD, MBA, FAAO, FBCLA When I speak with colleagues about myopia care for children, it becomes...
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1.2KFocusing on Parents Can Build Your Myopia Management Practice
July 1, 2021 By Shefali Miglani, OD; Monroe Eye Care, Monroe, NJ One big thing I’ve learned after practicing myopia management for...
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968Educated Technicians Build Trust Between Parent and Practitioner
July 1, 2021 By Pamela Capaldi, BSc, AAS, FAAO, Optometric Technician The bottom line is that if we can re-educate parents, we...
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888Real-World Experience with the New Euclid MAX for Overnight Orthokeratology
sponsored content June 22, 2021 Euclid Systems Corp. recently launched Euclid MAX orthokeratology lenses. The FDA-approved lenses offer patients the highest oxygen...
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827The Best Myopia Management Care Starts with Education
June 15, 2021 By Jeffrey Krohn, OD, FAAO, Diplomate (ABO and AAO); Fig Garden Optometry, Fresno, CA By explaining the folly of...
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1.6K‘Prescribe’ Myopia Management
Sponsored Content June 15, 2021 By Sheila Morrison, OD, MS, FSLS It is imperative to articulate to the parent that myopia management...
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1.8KSocial Media Aids in Parents’ Myopia Management Education
June 1, 2021 By Eric Chow, OD, FAAO; Clarin Eye Care and Coral Gables Eye Care Center, Miami, FL Parents want what’s...
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737How a Family Connection Sparked a Myopia Management Practice
May 17, 2021 Vaughn Brinegar, OD, Ultimate Eye Care, Austin, TX Because I’ve gone through this process with my child, I can...
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1.8KHow to Educate Parents and Patients Who Know Nothing About Myopia Management
May 3, 2021 By Katherine Schuetz, OD The world is becoming more myopic, and we have a duty to reduce the complications...
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1.8KMyopia Management Filled a Critical Need in Our Community
May 3, 2021 By Wes McCann, OD, Central Optometry As an eye care professional, I’m always trying to find ways to better...
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1.4KStraightening Out the Differences: Orthodontia and Myopia Management
March 15, 2021 By Gary Gerber, OD, and Anil Idiculla, DMD “When we compare OrthoK to braces, we are further distancing ourselves...
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2.1KWhat’s in Your EHR?
February 1, 2021 By Michael J. Lipson, OD, FAAO, FSLS Modern eye care practice is dependent on having all your patient information...
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2.3KE-Learning: How to Help Students and Parents
November 1, 2020 By Nathan Bonilla-Warford, OD, FAAO, FCOVD, FIAOMC If your practice is anything like mine, you have seen an increase...
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2.8KGetting Parents to Agree to Myopia Management
August 17, 2020 By Moshe Mendelson, OD, FIAOMC With the increasing prevalence of myopia there is a shift in parental attitudes toward...
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3.2KProviding Quality Eye Care One Patient at a Time
August 1, 2020 By Nadine Humen Forché, OD, MS, FAAO I practice at Five Points Eye Care in Athens, Georgia, and myopia...
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2.2KMyopic Children: Who Should Get Referred and How To Talk To Mom So They Actually Go
July 1, 2020 By Gary Gerber, OD My optometry training at the State University of New York, (SUNY) College of Optometry, included...
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2.4KMaintaining Myopia Management with ‘Kindness and Understanding’ During this Pandemic
May 5, 2020 By Robert Burke When Sheila Morrison, OD, MS, FSLS, begins treating a child newly diagnosed with myopia, she expects...
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2.8KExplaining “Off Label” to Parents
Balance the risks of using an off-label treatment with the eye health consequences of no treatment at all.
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9.2KSafely Seeing Patients in the Face of COVID-19
April 20, 2020 By Robert Burke When COVID-19 forced the closing in March of the Pennsylvania practice where he works, James Deom,...
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6.5KJust Getting Started in Myopia Management?
August 29, 2019 By Shalu Pal, OD, FAAO, FSLS, FBCLA The first step to incorporating myopia management into our practices is to...
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4.7KThe Importance of Patient Compliance
It has been said that nearly one-third to one-half fail to comply with general medical advice and prescriptions.
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How to Get Mom to Say “Yes”
Anyone who has ever attempted to treat a myopic child knows it’s just a matter of time until you hear the question,...
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Parental Awareness and Education Are Critical to the Acceptance of Myopia Interventions
Parents, especially mothers, are critical health care decision-makers for their children. This study demonstrates the lack of parental recognition of the risks...
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Communicating with Parents/Guardians is Key to Compliance
You have read the concerns regarding myopia, in particular high myopia, you have the desire to help curb the trend and you...
