ODs who use tablets like the iPad with patients most often use the technology to present educational or promotional material, according to findings from Jobson Optical Research’s 2013 ECP Internet Usage Study. Some 54.4 percent of respondents say they use the tablets for educational or promotional use, while 36.0 percent say they use tablets to show patients product information. Some 27.9 percent say they feature practice information on the tablets, and another 27.9 percent say they use the tablets for patient forms. Some 13.2 percent say they use tablets for visual screening, while 2.9 percent use tablets for entertainment.
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Using tablets in the office, or large screens to show patients eye conditions, is an extremely effective way to communicate.
Here are web sites you can use with your tablets or screens to educate patients. Consider this a starting place. Add to these web sites others you find that are helpful and make the point in a better way. You’ve got to start somewhere, so this is offered from that perspective.
Your action plan for this week is to review the web sites you use on your tablets and screens with patients to illustrate eye conditions. Identify the best examples. If you share them with us, we’ll add them to our list.
ALLERGIES
http://www.geteyesmart.org/eyesmart/diseases/allergies.cfm
http://www.alcon.com/eye-health/eye-diseases-eye-allergies
BACTERIAL KERATITIS
http://www.geteyesmart.org/eyesmart/diseases/bacterial-keratitis.cfm
BLEPHARITIS
http://www.geteyesmart.org/eyesmart/diseases/blepharitis.cfm
BLEPHAROSPASM
http://www.allergan.com/treatments/neurosciences/blepharospasm.htm
http://www.bausch.com/your-eye-concerns/diseases-and-disorders/eyelid-twitching
BOTOX
http://www.allergan.com/treatments/eye_care/other_eye_conditions.htm (scroll down)
CATARACTS
http://www.geteyesmart.org/eyesmart/diseases/cataracts/index.cfm
http://www.alcon.com/eye-health/eye-diseases-cataracts
http://www.bausch.com/your-eye-concerns/diseases-and-disorders/cataracts
CATARACTS IN BABIES
http://www.bausch.com/your-eye-concerns/diseases-and-disorders/cataracts-in-babies
CHALAZION
CHRONIC MIGRAINE
http://www.allergan.com/treatments/neurosciences/chronic_migraine.htm
CMV RETINITIS
http://www.bausch.com/your-eye-concerns/diseases-and-disorders/cmv-retinitis
CONJUNCTIVITIS
http://www.geteyesmart.org/eyesmart/diseases/pink-eye-conjunctivitis/index.cfm
http://www.alcon.com/eye-health/eye-diseases-conjunctivitis
DETACHED RETINA
http://www.geteyesmart.org/eyesmart/diseases/detached-torn-retina/index.cfm
http://www.alcon.com/eye-health/eye-diseases-detached-retina
http://www.bausch.com/your-eye-concerns/diseases-and-disorders/retinal-detachment
DIABETIC MACULAR EDEMA
http://www.bausch.com/your-eye-concerns/diseases-and-disorders/diabetic-macular-edema
DIABETIC RETINOPATHY
http://www.geteyesmart.org/eyesmart/diseases/diabetic-retinopathy/index.cfm
DRY EYES
http://www.geteyesmart.org/eyesmart/diseases/dry-eye/index.cfm
http://www.alcon.com/eye-health/eye-diseases-dry-eye
http://www.allergan.com/treatments/eye_care/dry_eye.htm
EYE FLOATERS AND FLASHES
http://www.bausch.com/your-eye-concerns/diseases-and-disorders/eye-floaters-and-eye-flashes
http://www.geteyesmart.org/eyesmart/diseases/floaters-flashes/index.cfm
GLAUCOMA
http://www.geteyesmart.org/eyesmart/diseases/glaucoma/index.cfm
http://www.alcon.com/eye-health/eye-diseases-glaucoma
http://www.allergan.com/treatments/eye_care/glaucoma.htm
http://www.bausch.com/your-eye-concerns/diseases-and-disorders/glaucoma
KERATOCONUS
http://www.bausch.com/your-eye-concerns/diseases-and-disorders/keratoconus
LAZY EYE
http://www.geteyesmart.org/eyesmart/diseases/amblyopia-lazy-eye/index.cfm
http://www.bausch.com/your-eye-concerns/diseases-and-disorders/lazy-eye
LOW VISION
http://www.bausch.com/your-eye-concerns/diseases-and-disorders/low-vision
http://www.geteyesmart.org/eyesmart/diseases/low-vision.cfm
MACULAR DEGENERATION
http://www.geteyesmart.org/eyesmart/diseases/age-related-macular-degeneration/index.cfm
http://www.alcon.com/eye-health/eye-diseases-amd
http://www.bausch.com/your-eye-concerns/diseases-and-disorders/age-related-macular-degeneration
OCULAR HYPERTENSION
http://www.bausch.com/your-eye-concerns/diseases-and-disorders/ocular-hypertension
PROPTOSIS
http://www.bausch.com/your-eye-concerns/diseases-and-disorders/bulging-eyes
STRABIMUS
http://www.allergan.com/treatments/neurosciences/strabismus.htm
STYE
http://www.geteyesmart.org/eyesmart/diseases/chalazion-stye/index.cfm
UVEITIS
http://www.bausch.com/your-eye-concerns/diseases-and-disorders/uveitis
REFRACTIVE CONDITIONS
MYOPIA
http://www.bausch.com/your-eye-concerns/vision-correction/nearsightedness-myopia
http://www.geteyesmart.org/eyesmart/diseases/myopia-nearsightedness/index.cfm
http://www.alcon.com/eye-health/eye-diseases-myopia
HYPEROPIA
http://www.bausch.com/your-eye-concerns/vision-correction/farsightedness-hyperopia
http://www.alcon.com/eye-health/eye-diseases-hyperopia
ASTIGMATISM
http://www.geteyesmart.org/eyesmart/diseases/astigmatism/index.cfm
http://www.bausch.com/your-eye-concerns/vision-correction/astigmatism
PRESBYOPIA
http://www.bausch.com/your-eye-concerns/vision-correction/presbyopia
http://www.geteyesmart.org/eyesmart/diseases/presbyopia/index.cfm
CONTACT LENSES
http://www.airoptix.com/contact-lenses.shtml
http://www.acuvue.com/ (Select: “OUR PRODUCTS”)
http://www.bausch.com/our-products/contact-lenses