Blogs

Patient Portal Tutorial

Posted by: West Georgia Eye Care Center in Frontpage Article on August 28, 2015

In last week’s blog, we covered the beauties and benefits of having your own online patient portal. It gives you a platform for direct communication with your practice or provider (constructive feedback!), it also allows for detailed composition of your medication and symptom lists, and it gives you a place to study your test results… Read More


Patient-friendly patient portals

Posted by: West Georgia Eye Care Center in Frontpage Article on August 21, 2015

Beam me up, Scotty! Or, on second thought, maybe just beam down my medical records? If online patient portals sound like science fiction to you, then hopefully this blog will help bring them down into reality. More and more physicians, clinics, and hospitals are offering patients the opportunity to register for accounts that allow online… Read More


Investing in interoperablility

Posted by: West Georgia Eye Care Center in Frontpage Article on August 14, 2015

You can trust West Georgia Eye Care Center to offer you the best options in eye care. We invest in the most cutting-edge technologies, and were the first iLASIK provider in Georgia to offer advanced IFS technology with the fastest laser in the industry. But did you know that our investments in modern technology include… Read More


UV Protection with a pop of color!

Posted by: West Georgia Eye Care Center in Frontpage Article on July 17, 2015

Are you looking for a creative, inexpensive summer project to do with you kids that serves an important purpose?  Our healthy-vision-promoting craft project uses things you probably have around the home: colored permanent markers, isopropyl alcohol, and a medicine dropper!  Our hat cost less than $4.00 at Michaels.  Plus, your child is more likely to… Read More


Summertime eye safety

Posted by: West Georgia Eye Care Center in Frontpage Article on July 10, 2015

Summertime poses a new set of risks to your vision: the sun, the sand, the UV rays, the extreme sports. We asked our optometrist and resident sports vision expert, Dr. Mark P. Smith, to give us a few thoughts on how to best protect your eyes during this season: “We know that short, invisible wavelengths… Read More


The Ophthalmologist: Avenger of the visually impaired, defender against blindness

Posted by: West Georgia Eye Care Center in Frontpage Article on June 26, 2015

“Safeguard your vision. See the right eye care provider at the right time. Your sight depends on it.” Eye Smart, eye health information from the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) “We all depend on our vision in more ways than we may realize. Without healthy vision, our ability to work, play, drive or even recognize a… Read More