April 28, 2010

BC Government's dangerous new health regulation will blind us

April 28, 2010/ Rob Schertzer

The BC Government’s change in regulation no longer requiring routine eye exams for glasses to come into effect on 1May2010 is so dangerous that I am posting this link to an extensive article about it for those who may only be visiting my Glaucoma/EMR blog and not my Optom/EyeMD blog.

Please read and help in any way that you can to let our government know the importance of routine eye examinations in preventing permanent visual loss.

WholeLottaRob

I started this site in 2009 to write about Glaucoma, Health IT (EMR, EHR), Technology and to host my podcast series "Talking About Glaucoma." There is a shortcut to this blog to make it easier to find http://iguy.tv/blog.

I am a glaucoma sub-specialized Ophthalmologist and have a full time clinical practice at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic of the Geisel School of Medicine in Hanover, NH. I have a longtime interest in the use of technology to help in medical care as well as in Education. In addition, I was a very early adopter and developer of Electronic Medical Record systems who has lectured internationally on the topic of making the transition to EMRs in daily practice.

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