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Highlight advances in surgery and target your patient education Today’s health care consumers have high expectations. Even older...

How to position yourself as a go-to source of health info instead Do you think your patients are too smart to be influenced by health...

$How to Manage Patients Unhappy with Cataract, Refractive Surgery Outcomes$

It starts with setting expectations and educating patients before the procedure Patient satisfaction with cataract surgery is high. But...

Why proactive patient education is imperative in value-based care It’s much easier to prevent a disease than to cure it—not to mention...

Your choice of words matters. Here’s what to say to patients—and what not to say “A doctor’s ability to explain, listen, and empathize...

With no cure in sight, ODs may be able to make an impact through patient education and early detection More than 5 million Americans...

FDA approves new treatment that restores vision in patients with congenital blindness In December, the FDA made history by approving a...

Patients need to know that lid hygiene products and services go beyond baby shampoo Do your patients know what blepharitis is? Do they...

Does medical marijuana treat glaucoma? And other common misconceptions, explained Weed, pot, grass, chronic, reefer—whatever you call...