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Originally posted by fjpod
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I like to be touched by my doctor. If I'm spending my hard earned money I wouldn't waste it on a web cam conversation. My insurance co pay is $45. I'll spend the extra ten to have the complete exam, and I'm sure I'm not the only person who doesn't want to conduct their healthcare (including eye health care) over Skype.What is reality but a concept unique to each of us? Can anything be classed as real when our perceptions differ greatly on so many things? Just because we see something a particular way does not make it so. -
SUNY college has the right idea for people unable to make it into the office for eye exams. We need more programs like this to pop up, at least they are addressing one demographic that might otherwise fall for sub-standard care.Comment
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I feel you. Is it too soon to throw in a Samantha Fox reference.Originally posted by optical24/7 View PostI didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it. Mark TwainComment
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Glad I could lighten the mood. But than I can only speak from a woman's POV when it comes to the physical exam experience.Originally posted by optical24/7 View Post
What is reality but a concept unique to each of us? Can anything be classed as real when our perceptions differ greatly on so many things? Just because we see something a particular way does not make it so.Comment
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Apropos to this thread I got an email on my iphone this morning at 6:00 from a patient who said she had this red splotch on her eye, and attached a selfie that showed a beaut of a subconjunctival hemorrhage, wondering what if anything she should do.
I replied by asking her if there were any discomfort or blur associated. She said no. I responded then no, it's a common problem and will clear, maybe in 1 week maybe as long as 2, and it may get brown and/or yellow before completely absorbing.
Then she re-e-mailed me that well, maybe she was getting a little double vision in that eye.
So I mailed her back (from my couch, in my jammies) that maybe I should take a look. Come in any time today between 10 and 7.
I'm adding here the picture she attached:
This got me thinking, I should charge for that exchange of info and prof. service. I don't see anything wrong with it. It is the coming thing.
In the end, I may charge her insurance for a virtual exam/consultation by e-mail and if she comes in today, a regular office visit.
It is, after all, what I did do.Comment
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One more addendum, she did come in today and it turns out she did have a minor abrasion on that cornea as well as the SC Heme, may or may not be related, but she ALSO has bilateral infiltrates in the lower corneas at the sites of old LASIK incisions.
sometimes simple stuff gets complicated...Comment
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The old saying, no good deed goes unpunished.I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it. Mark TwainComment
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how do you log in ?Comment
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It appears to be a portable auto refractor and only tests for refractive error. You will probably have one of these gadgets in your store or near a mall food court near you real soon. https://comparecourierinsurance.co.u...ery-insurance/Comment
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The web domain on this site has expired. Surely that's intentional, I'm sure they're doing just fine.Comment
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