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Optometry Simplified by Kyle Klute, OD

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Optometry Simplified Weekly: Diabetes and nerve palsies, the metric for medical optometry, pediatric screening, and more

Welcome to Optometry Simplified. In this weekly newsletter, I've curated the best resources to help you grow personally and professionally. My mission is to find what's best for my patients and my practice. Here's what I've found... Links I Liked Happy we are screening, but now we need examinations. New guidance now recommends annual vision screening for children ages 3 to 6, which is a step in the right direction. At this age, the prevalence of binocular vision issues is meaningful, and even...

CNP with diabetes duration

Welcome to Optometry Simplified. In this weekly newsletter, I've curated the best resources to help you grow personally and professionally. My mission is to find what's best for my patients and my practice. Here's what I've found... Links I Liked The best 28 mins on ocular rosacea. Listen or watch this podcast for some excellent clinical pearls on identifying and managing rosacea. Well done, Kaleb Abbott, OD and David Kading, OD. Optometric Insights An update on management of patients on...

Welcome to Optometry Simplified. In this weekly newsletter, I've curated the best resources to help you grow personally and professionally. My mission is to find what's best for my patients and my practice. Here's what I've found... Links I Liked "Unexpressed gratitude is perceived as ingratitude." So says Andy Stanley in his recent 2-part podcast on the critical leadership habit of expressing gratitude. A good reminder that it takes more than a paycheck to show appreciation to our employees...

medical KPI g2211 per refraction

Welcome to Optometry Simplified. In this weekly newsletter, I've curated the best resources to help you grow personally and professionally. My mission is to find what's best for my patients and my practice. Here's what I've found... Links I Liked You can develop a CEO mindset So many practice owners start with good intentions, but never slow down long enough to actually define where they’re going. A clear vision gives you something to say “yes” and “no” to. Without it, every decision feels...

Welcome to Optometry Simplified. In this weekly newsletter, I've curated the best resources to help you grow personally and professionally. My mission is to find what's best for my patients and my practice. Here's what I've found... Links I Liked Treating RCE aggressively in this manner is crucial. It may even be a "game changer" (more on that wonderful phrase below) way of preventing future RCE events. At least my clinical experience says so. Ahmad Fahmy, OD reviews the crucial aspects of...

Welcome to Optometry Simplified. In this weekly newsletter, I've curated the best resources to help you grow personally and professionally. My mission is to find what's best for my patients and my practice. Here's what I've found... Links I Liked Longevity is a popular topic. How can I live well More and more of my patients want to talk about longevity, not just how long they live, but how well they live. When those topics come up, I always point people toward Peter Attia, MD. He’s one of the...

undercoding in optometry

Welcome to Optometry Simplified. In this weekly newsletter, I've curated the best resources to help you grow personally and professionally. My mission is to find what's best for my patients and my practice. Here's what I've found... Links I Liked I didn't plan to do pediatric care. But I realized my preferences weren't as important as my responsibility. Two excellent recent articles from are worth a read for any OD who has taken on the responsibility of pediatric eye care: Questions and...

stellest lens comparisons

Welcome to Optometry Simplified. In this weekly newsletter, I've curated the best resources to help you grow personally and professionally. My mission is to find what's best for my patients and my practice. Here's what I've found... Yes, you read that correctly. Optometry Simplified is now weekly. Same depth and value, but a little shorter and delivered to you every Wednesday. - Kyle Links I Liked Get Stellest lens details in 3 mins Finally, a spectacle lens option is available to treat...

Welcome to Optometry Simplified. In this weekly newsletter, I've curated the best resources to help you grow personally and professionally. My mission is to find what's best for my patients and my practice. Here's what I've found... Yes, you read that correctly. Optometry Simplified is now weekly. Same depth and value, but a little shorter and delivered to you every Wednesday. - Kyle Links I Liked 3 newly FDA-approved presbyopia drops, 1 in the works Most of us have been watching the...

GLP1 Drugs and the eye

Welcome to Optometry Simplified. In this biweekly newsletter, I've curated the best resources to help you grow personally and professionally. My mission is to find what's best for my patients and my practice. Here's what I've found... Links I Liked Making “kid contacts” a reality: when and how to fit children in CLs safely This article reviews the evolving landscape of pediatric contact lenses, covering indications ranging from high anisometropia to myopia control and aphakia, and offers best...