Practice Management News

ATLANTA – Today’s practice of eye care places pressure on optometrists to deliver efficient and effective care for patients, John Rumpakis, OD, MBA, said here at SECO.

ATLANTA – Representatives from major corporations, optometry schools and employers gathered here at SECO to sign a proclamation declaring their joint commitment to work together to further the profession.

Featuring interactive learning, extended time for engaging cornea sessions and extra networking opportunities, Kiawah Eye 2020 is scheduled for May 28-30 at the new West Beach Conference Center on Kiawah Island, South Carolina.

The owners of Vision Expo East announced that the March 26 to 29 conference will now be consolidated with Vision Expo West in Las Vegas, Sept. 23 to 26.

Some sleep experts want to establish a permanent standard time nationwide.

ATLANTA — Successfully advancing an optometric business requires an organized team effort, ensuring everyone from the physician to the receptionist knows the products and what questions to expect from patients, according to a presentation at SECO during MedPRO360.

ATLANTA — A presenter at this year’s SECO meeting reviewed key tactics to develop a marketing plan for independent businesses, with particular focus on digital presence.

Total annual spending per person with employer-sponsored health insurance increased 18.4% to nearly $5,900 between 2014 and 2018, according to a Health Care Cost Institute report.

Advance apologies are in order: This month’s column discusses the cold-blooded theoretical business and financial impacts of the emerging coronavirus pandemic and overlooks entirely the much more important human drama now playing out in the world’s headlines.

MARRAKECH, Morocco — At the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons Winter Meeting, Ioannis Pallikaris, MD, PhD, speaks about the Refugee Project funded and organized by the ESCRS in collaboration with the Hellenic Society of Intraocular Implant and Refractive Surgery and the University of the Mountains in Crete, Greece. A mobile ophthalmology screening unit, equipped with state-of-the-art technology, travels the Greek islands to carry out eye examinations in refugee camps.