This coming Saturday, September 12, Cleinman Performance Partners will deliver a unique and uplifting experience for eyecare professionals and their teams in San Diego. The Business of Eyecare Forumwill be held…
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The Healthy Eyes for Life Foundation was born into reality on August 21. A tangible outcome of the Eye Health Summit held in July in Chicago, this new organization has been charged with…
Some call it alternative medicine. A friend of mine calls it compatible medicine. I, for one, have had a long term philosophical connection to the power of the mind as…
While the bureaucrats debate how to "fix" our heathcare system, the attached article provides some very interesting insight into what's wrong and what the "fix" might be. Enjoy! Download Howamericanhealthcarekilledmyfather.
TWO roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could…
Well, the reality is that I did. Sorry for the delay in posts. On Tuesday morning, August 4th, I was struck by a car while in a crosswalk near my…
I came across the following post by a fellow blogger. This gives an interesting and balanced perspective on the perceived benefits of Optomap while reiterating the danger of sales exaggerations and scare…
I recently read this interesting article in the Albany Times Union. A WORKING LIFE GUIDED BY JUST THREE LETTERS "What the hell am I doing?" It's something we all…
It's a travesty that consumers spend 50% more on shoes than they do on their eyes. Shoes are…well, shoes…important but not necessary…at least not always. But our eyes and vision…
My fellow bloggers at the Optical Vision Site first broke this story, but it bears passing on. Written by Smart Money Magazine, here's an interesting consumer's perspective on eyecare. 10 Things…
A Massachusetts state commission recently focused attention on health care cost containment and has issued a comprehensive report (see below). Their recommendation, which is coming from other fronts around the…
I have a client who once told me that he never drove his Porsche in his own community. His reasoning? He didn't want his patients to get the impression that he was getting rich…
The world is changing…fast. It's also shrinking…fast. Perhaps you've already seen the attached video, but it bears another view. This time, when you view this amazing presentation, consider the implications…
On June 20th, the man whom Jimmy Dorsey called "the greatest sax player who ever lived" would have been 96. Al Gallodoro passed away in October, 2008 at age 95, less than…
On this, the anniversary of our country's birth, I took a few moments to actually read the Declaration of Independence. It's a fascinating document and well worth taking 10 minutes to study. …
I recently wrote about doctor rating sites and their potential impact on your practice and our industry (see post of June 25). Well, the following amazing presentation by MIT professor…
Angie's List, RateMDs.com, Aetna Navigator and scores of other sites now rate doctors or, as is the case of Aetna, actually publish doctor's fee schedules. What impact will these sites have on your…
For the past couple of weeks, I spent some time at the beach near Rockport, Massachusetts, one of my favorite places on earth. I rented a cute little beach house, within a stones…
Dateline: Sometime in the not too distant future: In an effort to continue it's growth against competition from the likes of Highmark and EyeMed, and to further reduce employer costs…
