Eyecare practice toolkit

This combination book and CD-ROM contains a wealth of helpful patient education handouts and front office/business documents in both English and Spanish. It includes office records and tracking forms for routine office procedures, letters to insurance providers, new patients, and specialists, Information on the latest HIPAA guidelines, and many other frequently used materials. Best of all, the CD-ROM allows users to customize any of these documents to meet their own optometric or ophthalmic practice and individual patient needs.

PART ONE: Business/Front Office CommunicationSection 1: Practice Administration Section 2: Patient Letters and Forms Section 3: Insurance Narratives Section 4: Referral Letters and FormsPART TWO: Patient Education1. Age Related Macular Degeneration 2. Amblyopia 3. Bifocals for Kids: Frequently Asked Questions 4. Blepharitis 5. Cataracts 6. Children with Special Needs 7. Color Vision Deficiencies 8. Conjunctivitis: Frequently Asked Questions 9. Contact Lens Service 10. Contact Lenses: What Lens is Best for Me? 11. Contact Lenses: Contact Lens Options for Presbyopes 12. Contact Lenses: Dos and Don'ts 13. Contact Lenses: Frequently Asked Questions 14. Contact Lenses: How to Care for Soft Contact Lenses 15. Diabetes and the Eye 16. Diabetic Retinopathy 17. Dilation of the Eyes 18. Dispensing Services 19. Driving Tips for Older Adults 20. Dry Eye Syndrome 21. Enjoy Your New Glasses Tips on Wear and Care 22. Eye Examinations 23. First Aid for the Eyes 24. Fluorescein Angiography 25. Frequently Asked Questions About Your Eyes and Vision 26. Glaucoma and Ocular Hypertension 27. Head Trauma Vision Rehabilitation Unit 28. Headaches and Your Eyes 29. Homebound Patient Services 30. Iritis 31. Keratoconus 32. Laser Treatments and Ortho-K for Corneal Modification 33. The Learning Disabilities Unit 34. Low Vision Rehabilitation When "Nothing More Can Be Done 35. Low Vision Symptoms, Devices and Techniques 36. Ocular Disease and Special Testing Service 37. Oculomotor Dysfunction38. Orthokeratology What is Orthokeratology? 39. Patient Bill Of Rights New York State Managed Care 40. Patient Bill Of Rights New York State Optometric Association, Inc. 41. Pediatric Services 42. Primary Care Services 43. Refractive Errors: Myopia, Hyperopia, Astigmatism and Presbyopia 44. Retinal Detachment 45. Seeing Better After 40: Lens Options for Presbyopes 46. Should My Child Wear Bifocals? 47. Sports Vision 48. Spots, Flashes and Floaters 49. Strabismus 50. University Optometric Center's Clinical Administration 51. Using Eye Drops and Ointments52. VDT User's Guide to Better Vision 53. Vision and Learning 54. Vision Safety 55. Vision Screening 56. Vision Therapy 57. Vision Therapy Service 58. Visual Hygiene 59. What African Americans Should Know About Eye Health