• Practice Resources
• Electronic Health Records (EHR)
  • EHR Meaningful Use Objectives
  • Secretary Sebelius Announces Final Rules To Support ‘Meaningful Use’ of Electronic Health Records
  • 2010 Scheduled Courses
    • West Virginia
    • Oklahoma
    • Vermont
    • Georgia
    • Kentucky
    • Nebraska
    • South Carolina
    • Connecticut
    • New Jersey
    • Missouri
    • North Dakota
    • Maryland
    • Mississippi
    • South Dakota
    • Maine
    • Rhode Island
    • Michigan
    • Kansas
    • Iowa
    • Texas
  • Electronic Health Records (EHR) in the Optometric Practice
  • Ten Things Optometrists Should Know About EHRs
  • EHR Deadlines
  • Ten Things Optometrists Should Do Right Now to Implement EHRs
  • Resources
  • Electronic Health Records Systems
  • Latest News
    • Medicare fee "patch" brings 2.2% increase
    • Federal grants awarded for health information exchanges - February 2010
    • Proposed Health IT Certification Programs
• Allergan Launches Latisse™ as Treatment for Hypotrichosis
• Presentation to the FDA Advisory Panel on Contact Lens Solutions
• Intraoperative Floppy Iris Syndrome (IFIS) Associated with Systemic Alpha-1 Blockers
• AOA Optometric Clinical Practice Guidelines
• Quick Reference Guides
• Clinical Care Publications
• AOA Diabetes Eye Report form
• Council on Research
  • Summer Invitational Research Institute
• Patient Care
  • Geriatrics and Nursing Facility
    • Optometric Care of Nursing Home Residents
    • Eye Care Services in Nursing Facilities
    • Facts about Optometric Nursing Facility Care
    • Instruments and Equipment
    • A Recommended Continuing Education Curriculum: Geriatric Optometry for the Primary Care Practice
  • Hospital Practice
    • Facts about Optometry and Optometric Services in Hospitals (PDF Version)
    • Optometric Services in Hospitals (Position Paper)
    • Hospital Privileges Manual
      • Sample Application Form: Application For Appointment To The Medical/Dental Staff (Word doc)
      • Hospital Privileges Manual: Part II: The Importance of Optometry to the Hospital
      • Hospital Privileges Manual: Part III: Hospital Bylaws and Legal Issues in Hospital Privileging
      • Hospital Privileges Manual: Part IV: How to Obtain Hospital Privileges
      • Hospital Privileges Manual: Part V: The Hospital-Based Optometric Examination
    • American Optometric Association Guidelines for Delineation of Clinical Privileges for Optometry
  • Pediatrics and Binocular Vision
    • Office-Based Optometric Therapy for Convergence Insufficiency
    • Vision: A Collaboration of Eyes and Brain
    • The Need for Comprehensive Vision Examination of Preschool and School-age Children
    • Vision Therapy
      • PDF Version of this Page
      • Optometric Co-Management of Vision Therapy
      • COVD - A Flawed Statement on Learning Disabilities
    • Vision, Learning and Dyslexia
    • The Use of Tinted Lenses and Colored Overlays for the Treatment of Dyslexia and Other Related Reading and Learning Disorders
    • Optometric Care of the Patient with Acquired Brain Injury
  • Primary Care
    • Optometric Clinical Practice Recommendations
      • Quick Reference to Ocular Manifestations of Commonly Prescribed Systemic Medications
      • Optometric Co-Management of Refractive Surgery
      • Monitoring Ocular Toxicity of Selected Medications
      • Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and the Eyes
    • Retinal Toxicity from Hydroxychloroquine
    • Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and the Eyes
• Environmental / Occupational Issues
  • Occupational Vision Manual Part I: Introduction
    • PDF Version (360.6 KB)
    • Occupational Vision Manual: Part II: Performance and Productivity in the Work Place
    • Occupational Vision Manual: Part III: Ocular Protection
    • Occupational Vision Manual: Part IV: Contact Lens Use In Industry
    • Occupational Vision Manual: Part V: Medico-Legal and Ethical Concerns Regarding Standards and Regulations
    • Occupational Vision Manual: References and Sources for Further Information
  • Computer Vision Syndrome (CVS)
    • Computer Vision Syndrome Symptoms
    • The Relationship of Computer Vision Syndrome to Musculoskeletal Disorders
    • Impact of Computer Use on Children's Vision
    • The Effects of Video Display Terminal Use on Eye Health and Vision
    • Criteria for Determining Whether the Need for Eyeglasses or Other Treatment is Related to Computer Use
  • Motorist Vision Policy
  • Recommendations for the Use of Laser Pointers
• Ophthalmic Standards
• Commission on Quality Assessment & Improvement
  • Frequently Asked Questions
    • Quality Assessment and Improvement: A Manual for Optometric Practices
• Aviation Vision
  • Aviation Vision Continuing Education Course
  • Comparison of Bifocal and Progressive Addition Lenses on Aviator Target Detection Performance
  • Eyes, Right
  • LASIK Refractive Surgery: Clinical Considerations for the Pilot
  • Special Ophthalmic Needs of Aviators
  • Sunglasses in Aviation
  • Ultraviolet Radiation: Hazards in Aviation
  • Eye Exams and Aviation: Prescription for Success
  • The Eye and Night Vision
  • Adjusting to New Spectacles the Easy Way
  • Prescribing Spectacles for Aviators
  • AOA Pilot Vision Evaluation
  • FAA Report of Eye Evaluation
  • Ophthalmological Evaluation for Glaucoma
  • Clinical Application of Vision Standards
• Community Health Centers
  • NEW Business Plan for a Comprehensive Eye Care Service and Key Questions to Assess Need
  • Community Health Center Optometry
  • Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Community Health Center Optometry
  • The Fundamentals of Community Health Centers
  • UPDATED - A Sketch of Community Health Centers: The NACHC Chart Book
  • Do you Need an Eye Care Service?
  • How to Start an Eye Care Service in a Community Health Center
  • Community Health Center Eye Clinic Capital & Equipment Planner
  • Business Planning Template
  • Opening the Doors to Vision Care Access
  • Memorandum of Understanding with the National Association of Community Health Centers
  • Publications and Research
  • Community Health Center Eye Clinic Capital & Equipment Planner
• antiquespectacles.com Web site

Electronic Health Records (EHR)

AOA EHR Preparedness Course
3-Hour COPE approved course

Meaningful Use

• Secretary Sebelius Announces Final Rules To Support 'Meaningful Use' of Electronic Health Records
• Meaningful Use Objectives

Federal Reimbursement Information

• EHR Deadlines
• Latest News

EHR Implementation

• Electronic Health Records (EHR) in the Optometric Practice
• Ten Things Optometrists Should Know about EHRs
• Ten Things Optometrists Should Do Right Now to Implement EHRs
• PECOS

E-Prescribing

• Electronic Prescribing Readiness Assessment
• National ePrescribing Patient Safety Initiative

PQRI Information

• PQRI summary
• PQRI website
• PQRI presentation media file with audio component (.wmv)

FAQ

Sponsor Product Demos

• Compulink
• EMRlogic
• Eyefinity/Officemate
• First Insight
• Marco
• Practice Director
• QuikEyes
• RevolutionEHR
• Topcon

Sponsor demos may require Adobe Flash Player. Download here.