Welcome to

Community Health optometry

We help Community Health Centers develop vision care programs to address their patients’ visual and eye health needs

Whether it's a:

      - Full optometry clinic with an optical to provide routine and medical          eye exams.

 OR

         -  A telemedicine only program with retinal photos for evaluation for diabetic retinopathy.

 OR

        - A mobile / remote eye exam program for rural areas or clinics where there is a shortage of optometrists.

Our goal is to help your health center set up a PROFITABLE, and self sustaining optometry program.

All of our programs will help you provide access to care and help you meet your HEDIS / quality measure and include a complete optical with lab.

What makes us unique

“ You don’t know what you don’t know”. Rather than guess , we can provide everything needed to get an optometry clinic up and running. We know each CHC is unique. Each CHC has different patient needs and ways of operating. We respect your uniqueness and work to adapt our program to match your clinic model.

A community health center needs to address the different eye needs of their population.

Children need annual eye exams to ensure academic success. Too often children are labeled as “ a slow learner’ or worse , when the reality they jus need glasses. Covering one eye and reading a chart across the room in a vision screening in the pediatric office or with the school nurse does not match the realities of the current classroom. Children no longer sit at their desk and look at the board. Near vision and binocular assessment , as well as ocular health, needs to be addressed in a comprehensive optometric exam.

CHC diabetic patients need an annual eye exam. Their exam is best accomplished in-houseas they may have limited access to transportation and may incur additional costs to reach a provider. Sadly, many patients may never receive their needed exam or if they do get to a provider, they may be sold an expensive pair of glasses, when what was needed was a retinal evaluation. The primary care provider (PCP) must receive a report back from the eye doctor, if they do notwhat was accomplished? HEDIS measures are only met when the patient's medical record notes the results of a retinal exam.

Ocular / medical care is best addressed by the patient seeing the clinic’s optometrist. Pediatricians are not able to remove a foreign body nor can they differentiate whether a “ pink eye” is viral, allergic or bacterial.

Optometrist who are employed by a non profit community health center are eligible for STUDENT LOAN forgiven under the Federal Student Loan Forgiveness Program This is the only loan forgiveness program available to optometrists.

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