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Healthy Eyes, Healthy Lives: Community Approaches to Children’s Vision and Eye Health (2024). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This webinar hosted by the School-Based Health Alliance in partnership with the Association of Clinicians for the Underserved and the National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health at Prevent Blindness identified common vision disorders among school-age children and adolescents while sharing various models of school-based vision care programs. Featured presenters will also address the impacts of inequity in vision health, share strategies to address social determinants of health, and strategies to remove barriers to care. More Details...

Eyes on Access: Children's Vision and Eye Health in Community Health Centers, Part 2 (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Prevent Blindness, the Association of Clinicians for the Underserved, the National Association of Community Health Centers, and the School-Based Health Alliance conducted this webinar to increase knowledge of four models of vision care for children in community health centers, enhance skills for identifying community partners for establishing children’s vision services, and raise awareness of the importance of integration of primary (pediatric) care and eyecare in community health centers. More Details...

Eyes on Access: Children's Vision and Eye Health in Community Health Centers, Part 1 (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: Join Prevent Blindness, the Association of Clinicians for the Underserved, and the School-Based Health Alliance to learn about common vision disorders among children, best practices for vision screening and assessment by primary healthcare providers (PCPs), and strategies for completing referrals for eyecare. More Details...

Eyes on Access Case Study: An Optometry Workforce Pipeline for Massachusetts Health Centers: Spotlight on the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers and the New England College of Optometry Partnership (2023). Resource Type: Publication. Description: This case study highlights the partnership components of the 50-year workforce pipeline program between a state Primary Care Association, a school of Optometry and local health centers. More Details...

Eyes on Access: Billing for Vision Services (2023). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This is a continuation of the 2022 vision services webinar series. With a deep dive into billing for vision services, this webinar series addresses how health centers can align their billing procedures for vision services with their existing service lines. More Details...

Eyes on Access: We’ve Decided to Offer Vision Services in Our Health Center, Now What? (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This webinar hosted by the National Association of Community Health Centers, Prevent Blindness, and the Association of Clinicians for the Underserved, takes a deeper dive into the feasibility of opening an optometry department within a community health center. More Details...

Eyes on Access: Steps for Integrating Comprehensive Eye Health and Vision Services into Health Centers (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This is a Part 2 archive of a 2-part webinar series in Spring 2022 that reviewed the operational activities necessary to implement or enhance vision services in a health center. Learners reviewed planning factors such as provider configuration, cost, volume and supervision. More Details...

Eyes on Access: Introduction to Comprehensive Vision Services in Health Centers (2022). Resource Type: Archived Webinar. Description: This is a Part 1 archive of a 2-part webinar series in Spring 2022 that reviewed the interconnection of vision, chronic disease and quality of life. Data substantiating community needs, disparities and barriers was reviewed. This webinar series addresses how health centers can integrate vision services into primary care. More Details...