by Ken DeRouchie | Mar 29, 2008 | Articles, Issue 08, Newsletter, Optometry, Practice Areas
A research center newly created by the University of California, Berkeley, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) aims to put light-sensitive switches in the body’s cells that can be flipped on and off as easily as a remote control operates a TV. Optical...
by Ken DeRouchie | Mar 29, 2008 | Articles, Issue 08, Newsletter, Optometry, Practice Areas
Federal Measure Would Protect Consumers The American Optometric Association(AOA) announced its support for legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives designed to safeguard consumers from deficient or illegal contact lens prescription verification practices used...
by Ken DeRouchie | Mar 29, 2008 | Articles, Issue 08, Newsletter, Optometry, Practice Areas
American Optometric Association Reminds Patients About the Importance of Comprehensive Eye Exams A survey by the American Optometric Association (AOA), the American Eye-Q™ revealed that while more than 60 percent of adults know that diabetes is detectable...
by Ken DeRouchie | Mar 29, 2008 | Articles, Dentistry, Issue 08, Newsletter, Practice Areas
Is Fraud like Beauty, in the eye of the beholder? By Dr. Barry Levy, DDS In a case filed last year, a dentist has been criminally charged with fraud, because the dentist diagnosed decay in two teeth, using clinical skills and a DIAGNOdent (a fluorescent laser method...
by Ken DeRouchie | Mar 29, 2008 | Articles, Dentistry, Issue 08, Newsletter, Optometry, Practice Areas, Staff Management, Staff Training, Veterinary
A Layperson’s guide to resolving conflict in the office By Daniel A. Bobrow, MBA President, American Dental Company Part one in a series of two articles Conflict is inevitable. As long as people possess the capacity for independent thought, there will be differences...