West Coast Glaucoma

Let's continue to be safe.

The safety of our patients and staff are our top priority. We are open in our "new-normal" low patient volume state until there is a vaccine or proven population immunity. We can accommodate 4 people in the waiting room while maintaining physical distancing. We therefore ask that anyone accompanying a patient wait outside the building. Patients arriving too early might be sent out and asked to return at their appointment time. We are fastidious about cleaning all surfaces that are touched, wash our hands before each patient and have everyone entering the office wash their hands upon arrival. We are all wearing masks. Everyone coming into the office is required to wear a mask.

Effective July, 2020, moved to a renovated suite 402 and open for patient care, seeing glaucoma and general ophthalmology patients.

A profile of how a colleague is using the @hdcbc Discover to get meaningful data from their Electronic Medical Record to improve patient care. I am proud to be part of this organization. https://www.doctorsofbc.ca//how-bc-physician-using-emr-dat

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Kind of gloomy but helps to set expectations low. We still need to find solace. Just because things are beginning to re-open, we are at a huge risk for a second spike in a couple of weeks, not to confused with the second wave in the Fall. We need to do everything we can to continue to be safe!

An important thing to learn from the Spanish Flu...one day San Francisco declared the end of mandatory masks and this led to a third wave of the disease and reinstating the mask wearing law. Let's not forget the lessons learned. And on a personal note: gloves carry the disease and are not a substitute for proper hand washing. Each day we have to tell patients showing up at my office to take off their (filthy) gloves and wash their hands.

Today, Health Data Coalition announces the expansion of HDC Discover, an intuitive data-sharing application that allows family doctors to compare electronic medical record data from their clinic to provincial averages. The move will improve patient care and inform strategic decision-making. https://hdcbc.ca/announcement-heath-data-coalition-expands/ #HDCDiscover #BCHealth #NewsNow

Great news Vancouver! As of December 1, 2019, my primary practice location is on East 10th @Commercial Drive and effective January 2020, this is where I can be found full-time. Either print the referral form (https://iguy.tv/referral) for your Eye Care Provider or Family Doctor to fax to me or have them complete the on-line referral form (https://iguy.tv/onlinereferral).

New episode of Talking About Glaucoma in which I talk with Rick Lewis about a new glaucoma class of drugs, the Rho Kinase inhibitors. http://wholelottarob.com/.../tag-episode-31-6jun2019-lewis-ri Subscribe to Talking About Glaucoma on iTunes (AAC version or MP3 version), Pocket Casts (AAC version or MP3 version), or copy & paste one of these feed addresses into your podcasting app: AAC http://wholelottarob.com/tag-aac/?format=RSS MP3 http://wholelottarob.com/tag-mp3/?format=RSS

https://www.theglobeandmail.com//article-private-particip/

It's about time! https://www.washingtonpost.com///2018/05/09/__trashed-13/