ON THE NET
This site contains useful general eyecare information for you and your patients.

myeyenet.com

Myeyenet.com falls under the category of a "links directory." This means that the Web site, while not providing content itself, offers links to scores of other information-rich, eyecare-related sites. Fortunately, the links are organized under more than a dozen easy-to-navigate headings, so you can easily find site links for everything ranging from patient support groups to dealers in used ophthalmic equipment.

Unlike some of the more specialized sites we have profiled here in past issues, myeyenet.com is broadly based and may require you to hunt around a bit to find the specific information you want.

Your patients can use myeyenet.com to find support groups for a wide variety of eye conditions and diseases. Some of these support group sites, such as the www.MDSupport.org site for age-related macular degeneration, contain a wealth of information and resources that patients can draw upon. There's also an "Ask the Doctor" feature that allows patients to ask a general question about an eye disease or condition and receive a response via return e-mail. In addition, several of the links that the site provides can help patients find general ophthalmologists and refractive surgeons who practice in their area.

As a physician, you can use links provided by myeyenet.com to contact suppliers, purchase new or used equipment, and read articles from a variety of ophthalmology publications and journals, including Ophthalmology Management.

Give yourself a little time to browse through the many links that myeyenet.com provides and you're sure to find at least some sites that you and your patients will find most useful.

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If you've discovered a Web site or service that's been useful to you in practice or at home, we'd like to know about it. E-mail Jerry Helzner at helznergi@boucher1.com  or call him at (215) 643-8013.