You do not get it.
A. I'm not a refracting machine. I'm a problem solver.
B. Everything is complaint-driven. No complaint, no treatment.
C. That's what doctors do for their daily bread.
If someone is in for a routine exam without symptoms and I find a low refractive error, we'll discuss the findings but let the symptoms dictate the treatment. A prescription is a treatment plan for a problem.
And of course if they want the medical records they're theirs to take in any event.
There's no "findings release". You don't ask your OD to "write down my C/D ratio" or your PCP to "write down my BP measurement". You don't ask your PCP "Hey, will you prescribe an antihypertensive even though I have borderline HTN?" Likewise, you don't ask your OD "Well, I know I'm seeing just fine, but will you prescribe glasses for me, just so I can have a written prescription on hand?" That's nonsense.
(You really don't know the difference between a finding and a treatment plan and what a prescription's for?)
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