The medically necessary contact lens

Ophthalmology Times;  March 15, 2005 ;     700+ words ......Institute, Philadelphia, has a full contact lens service dedicated to the demands of...Diane Heistand-Talecki Director of the Contact Lens Service Our service sees more than 100 contact lens patients per week at three locations...

Give your staff tools they need for contact lens dispensing

Ophthalmology Times;  May 15, 2005 ;     559 words ......sheet, order form Dispensing Solutions Contact lens dispensing is an important addition...and efficient office procedures, the contact lens dispensing can be a profitable venture...the gas-permeable lens laboratory, the contact lens distributor, and the solution manufacturers...

Innovation key to keeping contact lens practice healthy

Ophthalmology Times;  May 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ......keeping patients happy, according to contact lens industry leader James M. Callahan. Noting...and modalities that are changing the contact lens industry and will provide practice growth...satisfaction at the annual meeting of the Contact Lens Association of Ophthalmologists (CLAO...

Reorder your contact lens ordering

Ophthalmology Times;  November 15, 2006 ;     700+ words ......That's what I concluded after examining contact lens orders from eye-care professionals all...marketing for a leading, independent contact lens distributor, I have access to hundreds...to get some useful information about contact lens order patterns, I conducted an analysis...

How to keep contact lens business running smoothly

Ophthalmology Times;  September 15, 2001 ;     547 words ......convenience. After all, most of my early contact lens patients would come in for an eye exam...glasses! Then there is the first-time contact lens patient who simply cannot open her eyes...Fortunately, we have managed to build a large contact lens practice without too much ...

Contact lens wearers can shop around

The Topeka Capital-Journal;  February 23, 2004 ;     341 words ......into effect Feb. 4 should make it safer for contact lens wearers to comparison shop before purchasing lenses. The Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act requires doctors to release contact lens prescriptions to consumers. In Kansas, that...

Position your office as a specialty contact lens center

Ophthalmology Times;  June 15, 2008 ;     700+ words ......they got their new contact lenses. The contact lens industry has made remarkable advances...Internet-accessible-cell phone. A short list of contact lens products introduced in the past 5 years...time to bring some new life into your contact lens practice. The best way to come up to...

New technology, lower prices seen in contact lens industry

The Topeka Capital-Journal;  April 4, 1999 ;     479 words ......Vision, the nation's second largest contact lens maker. At the same time it is starting to aggressively promote its new $1 contact lens designed to be worn for just one day...appear to be working. The number of contact lens wearers has increased to about 33 million...

Contact lens business can prosper despite federal law

Ophthalmology Times;  April 15, 2004 ;     700+ words ......Solutions In February, the Fairness to Contact Lens Consumers Act took effect. It mandates that when a prescriber completes a contact lens fitting, the prescriber-whether requested...provide to the patient a copy of the contact lens prescription. Also as directed by any...

Focusing on big picture clarifies contact lens trends

Ophthalmology Times;  February 15, 2001 ;     700+ words ......Vinci first illustrated the concept of a contact lens in the year 1508. Although da Vinci...apparently the first to use PMMA in a contact lens in 1937. Dr. Feinbloom made scleral...zones. But the real quantum leap in contact lens design came about in 1971 with the introduction...

A look at contact lens care solutions.(Focus)

Chain Drug Review;  February 19, 2007 ;     462 words ......simple heat disinfection method. As the contact lens marketplace matured and demand for shorter-te...still did not fully resolve the issue of contact lens dropout, due to end-of-the-day dryness...pharmacists should know about proper contact lens care and the use of newer ...

CDC study confirms Fusarium link to contact lens solution

Ophthalmology Times;  September 15, 2006 ;     700+ words ......with MoistureLoc (Bausch & Lomb) contact lens cleaning solution and common suboptimal...where they are considered rareand among contact lens wearers, who are not normally associated...than 5% of microbial keratitis among contact lens wearers is associated with a fungus...

Investigation of Serious Eye Infections Associated With Soft Contact Lens...

M2 Presswire;  April 11, 2006 ;     700+ words ......Serious Eye Infections Associated With Soft Contact Lens Use and Contact Lens Solution Consumers Are Advised to Follow Good...the U.S. This is a serious infection and soft contact lens users should be mindful of the potential to...

FTC WARNS TEN CONTACT LENS PRESCRIBERS TO PROVIDE PATIENTS WITH...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 14, 2007 ;     378 words ......in response to consumer complaints filed with the FTC. Under the Contact Lens Rule, contact lens prescribers must provide their patients with a copy of their contact lens prescriptions and verify the prescriptions to any contact lens seller...

New Jersey Inventors Develop Combined Contact Lens Case

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  February 26, 2008 ;     269 words ......Fair Lawn, N.J., have developed a contact lens case. According to the U.S. Patent...device for storing contact lenses and contact lens solution including a case defining a reservoir for contact lens solution and a pair of contact lens...