Clinical News: Medical and Product Updates

Ocular impact of antipsychotic drugs; the miniaturized telescope for AMD; new information onoptic neuritis and MS; plus more.

Contact Lens Business: Setting Up Your Tech for Success

A skilled, knowledgeable contact lens technician can do a lot for your practice.

By Jan R. McGlothlen, COT, NCLC

Dispensing Frontiers: Getting Patients Into the Optical

Want more patients to purchase their glasses from you? Try these strategies.

By LEONA MEDITZ

Focus on Finance: Are Love and Money Soulmates?

A spouse who reads The Wall Street Journal can be a great partner in more ways than you think.

By Richard J. Alphonso, JD, CPA

'How an Administrator Reformed My Practice'

If the weight of administrative tasks is stifling your progress, a skilled practice administrator could be the key to expansion and more time with patients.

By Jerry Helzner, contributing editor

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Perceptions: Change of Course

How Groucho Marx glasses sparked a rewarding new venture.

By Glenn Hagele Sacramento, CALIF.

Plugging Income Leaks You Didn't Know You Had

Do you know how much collectible income is being written off in your practice? Here's how to track bookable income and keep money from going down the drain.

By Dawn Cavanagh, Jefferson

Practice Economics: "Interconnecting" Your Practice

New business relationships can allow you to offer more patient-attracting services.

By MARK E. KROPIEWNICKI, J.D., LL.M.

Practice Watch: Tips and News You Can Use

Tips and news you can use.

Profiles in Practice Success: Wave of the Future

This surgeon credits his prosperity to one of today's excimer lasers.

Risk Manager: Put Your Claims on Solid Footing

Here are the elements of an effective compliance program, which can protect your practice from costly penalties.

By JEFFREY D. WEINSTOCK, ESQ.

Spotlight: Surgery in Cyberspace

Coming soon: a way to try multiple possible treatments and compare the outcomes -- before you operate on the patient.

By Christopher Kent, Senior

Street Sense: Old Blue Chips Face Hard Times

Xerox, AT&T, Revlon and Polaroid were once darlings of the stock market. Now, investors shun them.

By Jerry Helzner, contributing editor

The Changing LASIK Patient

Attract late adopters by seeing refractive surgery through their eyes.

By Howard Gottlieb, O.D., President, Eyecare

Viewpoint: Change is the Challenge

Change is the Challenge