Labs and Imaging HACKS for Optometrists: Ordering Labs and Imaging and What To Do With The Results (The Fine Art of Patient Management Series)

Practicing optometrists are fully qualified, privileged, as well as obligated and responsible to their patients to provide an advanced level of primary medical eye care.

Laboratory medicine and imaging is absolutely critical in caring for and managing patients.Basic education, professional licensure, and scope of practice laws permit the optometrist with the ability to obtain these outside diagnostic studies as it relates to the eye and visual system.The goal of this book is to present a practice philosophy and mindset, along with some high-yield basic information, guidance, and tips on common diagnostic labs and imaging most relevant in daily practice.