High-efficiency optometry

The Maxwell Air Force Base optometry clinic.

A patient provides insurance information at the Maxwell Air Force Base optometry clinic reception desk before being escorted through the practice in most cases by the same paraoptometric who greeted the patient at the front desk.

The constant flow of patients through the clinic means patients very seldom wait for care in the reception area.

Paraoptometric Master Sgt. Patrick Holena, C.P.O.A, takes a fundus photo for a patient in the clinic pretesting area.

Paraoptometric Senior Airman Dexter Raflores, C.P.O.A., provides autorefraction for a patient in the pretesting area.

In the examination room, before meeting each patient, the optometrist (in this case, Capt. Michael Calhoun, O.D.) checks chief complaint and pretesting information using the clinic's computer network.

The optometrist checks pretesting data sent electronically to the clinic's digital refraction system.

Capt. Calhoun adjusts the clinic's digital lensometer for a patient.

All 3 of the clinic's examination rooms are arranged identically to enhance efficiency.

After his examination, a patient tries on frames in the clinic dispensary.

Implementing the new, highly efficient system at the Maxwell Air Force Base Optometry Clinic this past spring were, from left: Senior Airman Dexter Raflores, C.P.O.A.; James Matherly, C.P.O.; Tech. Sgt. Michael Rountree, C.P.O.A.; Master Sgt. Patrick Holena, C.P.O.A.; Maj. Weilun Hsu, O.D.; and Paul Webb, O.D.