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August 2012

Features

Keep Presbyopia at Arm's Length
By:  Lindsey Getz, Contributing Editor
By understanding the patient’s visual needs and lifestyle, you can better identify the right solution.

The Drugs for The Bugs
By:  Kimberly K. Reed, O.D., F.A.A.O.
All the currently available antibiotics for ocular infection are relevant.

Is it Allergy or Dry Eye?
By:  Scot Morris, O.D., F.A.A.O; Melanie J. Denton, O.D., F.A.A.O.
Here’s how to identify the two pathologies, even when they coexist and confound the diagnosis.

Making the In-Office Lab Decision
By:  Zack Tertel, Assistant Editor
Use these factors to determine whether or not it’s right for you to invest.

Protect Against Malpractice
By:  Frank Giardina, O.D., F.A.A.O.; Mai-Anh Nguyen, O.D.; Richard K. Simonds, O.D.
These tips will help you to avoid malpractice lawsuits — and survive them should they occur.

Collections Made Easy
By:  Neil Gailmard, O.D., M.B.A.
Two simple solutions can take the anxiety and inefficiency out of in-office collections.

Departments

O.D. to O.D.
By:  Walter D. West, O.D., F.A.A.O. Chief Optometric Editor
A fond farewell.

Viewpoint
By:  Jim Thomas, Executive Director
Keeping me to my word.

Practice Pulse
ASCRS Announces Task Force Members; Optometrist Ranked as Number One High-Paying, Low-Stress Job; Correction; CMS Issues Proposed Rule; Nobel-Prize Winner Invents AMD Reading Devices; FDA News and Research Notes.

View From The Top
By:  Gary Gerber, O.D.
The wavering waiver.

Lessons Learned
By:  Jack Runninger, O.D.
They were inquisitive.

Fix This Practice
By:  Richard S. Kattouf, O.D., D.O.S.
The future of the optical. . .

Research in Practice
By:  Mile Brujic, O.D.; Crystal Brimer, O.D.
A concomitant course.

Dry Eye
By:  Kelly K. Nichols, OD, MPH, PhD
Revisit symptoms.

Strategy & Innovation
By:  Scot Morris, O.D., F.A.A.O
In and around the exam lane.

Instrument Focus
By:  Marc Greenberg, O.D.
The WX-3D Retinal Camera, from Kowa Optimed, Inc.

Contact Lens Focus
By:  Corrie Pelc, Contributing Editor
The KeraSoft IC, from Bausch + Lomb.

Reflections
By:  Sanjay Agarwal, O.D.
Eye on the prize.