Archive for April, 2007
From Dr. Kristin Heeney - Sunglasses that record everything
links to a BBC story about researcher at HP who have prototyped a pair of sunglasses with a digital camera embedded into them. The camera constantly takes pictures of everything the wearer sees through out the day, though it does have an off-switch for those private moments. The HP sunglasses appear to be an evolution of the technology designed and worn by Steve Mann at MIT and now at the University of Toronto. The HP sunglasses capture additional meta-data to help classify and organize the images.
April 26, 2007
From Dr. Kristin Heeney - We’re Growing and We NeedFound Help
POSITION CLOSED. Thanks everyone who took the time to respond to this post. We had a bunch of passionate applicants. We found someone we feel is the best fit for our needs.
Receptionist/Optometric Assistant
We are looking for the right person to join our clinic. We focus on providing superior service to our patients. Attention to detail and communication is essential. Experience is preferred but we are willing to train the right individual who has an interest in health services and the optical industry.
Part time or full time opportunities exist. Benefits available.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Reception and telephone handling
- Scheduling patients on the computer
- Responding to email inquiries
- Preparing charts
- Calling patients to confirm their appointments
- Billing OHIP, third-parties and patients
- Preliminary testing of patients
- Advising patients on lens and frame selections
- Ordering glasses and contact lenses
- Repairing and adjusting eyeglasses
- Training contact lens patients
Qualifications
- Successful completion of at least a two-year post secondary certificate or diploma program or two years previous experience in an optometric/optical/medical/dental/chiropractic office.
- Excellent verbal communication skills
- Ability to demonstrate interpersonal skills and work in a team environment is required
- Previous customer service or administration experience
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite or similar software
Please note only selected candidates will be contacted.
April 24, 2007
From Optometry Updates - Vitrectomy and gas tamponade without internal limiting membrane peeling for myopic foveoschisis.
April 23, 2007
From Dr. Kristin Heeney - Threat Number 4: Canadian Optometrists are Terrorists
with George Strombouloupolous to answer questions about Ontario optometrists being terrorists. Last week Ontario Minister of Health and Long-Term Care George Smitherman called Ontario optometrists “a bunch of terrorists, and I don’t negotiate with terrorists.” He apologized on Monday, November 7, but national and international news (and pseudo-news) media have picked up on the story.
The Colbert Report Threat Down identified Optometrists as the fourth biggest threat to national security.
- Bears
- NASCAR Romance Novels
- Professional Musicians specially those at Radio City Music Hall
- Canadian Optometrists
- Pirates
Watch The Colbert Report clip QuickTime 5.5Mb
April 22, 2007
From Eye On Vision - Cyberbullying: Crossing the Limits
April 20, 2007
From Optometry Updates - Vision Loss in Younger Patients: A Review of Choroidal Neovascularization.
From Dr. Kristin Heeney - The War on Optometrists
adds to the summary of international press that have picked up on George Smitherman?s comments from last week.
There?s nothing like throwing around the ?T? word to get yourself some international attention. Australia had to stage a raid with hundreds of police officers to get itself on the news. Ontario health minister George Smitherman only had to target that new member of the axis of evil, optometrists.
At a recent fundraiser, the one McGuinty cabinet minister we wouldn?t want to meet in a dark alley, called the province?s optometrists ?terrorists.? And apparently, Smitherman doesn?t negotiate with terrorists. He?s since apologized. But not before the comment made it on the, now airing in Canada, Colbert Report.
All we have to say is that Smitherman better be careful during his next eye exam?.
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