Originally Posted by
drk
No way I'm listening to that.
Hey, there's a whole lot of turf protectin' going on, here.
Truth is, that 95% of ODs don't know lenses and opticianry anymore. We've been pigeonholed to the exam room grinding out SpRxs for chains or becoming elite general ophthalmologists.
The classic OD that knows refractive care is extinct, and nobody cares.
Now your average optician doesn't know jack squat, either. They're busy pushing AR coatings and 1.67 or additional pairs in the chains.
I just learned of an outside Rx filled by my optician, today, and there were all sorts of problems due to the fragmenting of care. She didn't know what the patient's status was. The prescriber doesn't know what happens after she authored the SpRx, or much care.
The keys are:
1. Traditional optometric excellence. How we miss you.
2. Traditional optician excellence.
3. Continuity of care.
I think my optician is pretty great with her job, and she has me to consult with, and vice versa. Good for the patient. So, teaming up is good, but I don't like the parameters listed on Chris' post where the ODs sleuth for disease and the optician is doing vision care. That's a goofball paradigm if I've ever heard one.
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