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How to Choose An Eye
Doctor
Vision World Wide, Inc. does not
provide referrals or recommend specific eye care professionals.
However, you may wish to consider the following ways of finding a
professional to provide your eye care.
- Ask family members and friends
about eye care professionals they use.
- Ask your family doctor for the
name of a local eye care specialist.
- Call the department of
ophthalmology or optometry at a nearby hospital, university
medical center or medical school.
- Contact a state or county
association of ophthalmologists or optometrists. These groups,
usually called academies or societies, may have lists of eye care
professionals with specific information on specialty and
experience.
- At a bookstore or library, check
on available journals and books about choosing a physician and
medical treatment. Here are some examples:
- Most large libraries have the
reference set The ABMS Compendium of Certified Medical
Professionals, which lists board-certified ophthalmologists, each
with a small amount of biographical information.
- A library reference specialist
can also help you identify other books on finding health care
professionals or help you seek additional information about local
eye physicians using the Internet.
- A Patient's Guide to Surgery, by
Edward L. Bradley, M.D., Consumer Reports Books, October 1994,
contains a chapter about choosing a surgeon and a
hospital.
- Each year usually in August the
magazine U.S. News and World Report features an article that rates
hospitals in the United States.
- Contact your insurance company or
health plan to learn whether it has a list of eye care
professionals that are covered under your plan.
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Updated May 27, 2004