A New Vision for
Dry Eye Disease

Dry Eye Access™ is a subscription-based online education resource that helps practices understand how to identify, diagnose, and treat patients with Dry Eye Disease.

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The Challenges of Dry Eye Disease

Dry Eye Disease is among the world’s most prevalent eye diseases. More women than men have Dry Eye Disease and its incidence increases with age.¹ In fact, one in every eight adults, or 33 million Americans, have some form of Dry Eye Disease.² And Dry Eye is a disease, not a condition or simple inconvenience. Yet, this complex, multifactorial, progressive, and chronic disease has historically gone underdiagnosed—or undiagnosed.^3,4 Dry Eye Access seeks to change this by educating eye care professionals on creating a new expertise around all aspects of Dry Eye Disease.

10-Part Series

Real-World Answers From Experts in Dry Eye Disease

Welcome to a new 10-part series on solving the challenges of Dry Eye Disease. In this series, we have compiled a list of common questions and concerns. To help address these issues, we have asked experts in Dry Eye Disease—the members of our Dry Eye Access advisory boards—to provide real-world examples and solutions.
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Implementing Dry Eye Disease Protocols: Where to Start

Follow these 4 simple steps to success and get your Dry Eye Disease Standard of Care off the ground.
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Diagnosing Dry Eye Disease: Where to Start

Review 6 Key Steps to make sure you’ve covered your bases before you begin calling in patients.
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Dry Eye Disease Education: Where to Start

Developing a Dry Eye practice—where do you begin? Start with Dry Eye Disease education for your entire staff.
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What Do You Really Know About Omegas?

Dr. Laura Periman explains how generalization of all omegas and lack of understanding has led to debate about their real benefit in Dry Eye Disease.
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Diagnosing Inflammation of the Ocular Surface

Learn how MMP-9 is a key inflammatory marker for Dry Eye Disease and a sign of early ocular surface disease.
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Practice Support for Members

Developing a Standard of Care

We provide members detailed instruction and an example of a Dry Eye Disease Standard of Care developed by the clinicians at Bowden Eye & Associates.
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Practice Support for Members

SPEED Questionnaire

Dr. Jerry Robben, Chief Optometric Physician at Bowden Eye & Associates, explains the importance and use of the Standard Patient Evaluation of Eye Dryness Questionnaire.
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Patient Materials for Members

Practice Review Guide

Our practice review guide shows why social media is important and how to encourage your practice reviews.
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Patient Materials for Members

12-Month Social Media Calendar

Keep all of your social media marketing efforts on track by using this editorial calendar as a guide.
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Patient Materials for Members

Patient Infographic

Educate your patients on the symptoms and triggers of Dry Eye Disease, as well as the diagnostics and treatments available.
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Patient Materials for Members

Dry Eye Scripting

See and download sample scripting that will help you navigate those Dry Eye Disease patient conversations.
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Patient Materials for Members

Patient On Hold Messages

Let your patients know about your Dry Eye Disease services. We’ve written 5 on hold messages you can personalize to engage your patients while they wait.
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Patient Materials for Members

Mindful Blinking Exercise

Partial blinking is very common in people with Dry Eye Disease. By practicing Mindful Blinking Exercises, your patients can actually help relieve some of the dryness in their eyes.
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Essential Forms for Members

ABN and Informed Consent

Members can download specific tools designed to facilitate effective patient consultations.
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Dry Eye Disease Online Courses Now Available!

Members can access a comprehensive set of Dry Eye Disease Online Courses thanks to our partnership with Dry Eye University.

Our introductory courses are written by the experts from Bowden Eye & Associates and have been featured at their comprehensive Dry Eye University training seminars each year. Through an exclusive partnership, we are providing these presentations for Dry Eye Access members. Each presentation lesson is offered online in an easy-to-follow digital format. To aid in information retention, a short multiple-choice quiz will be given at the end of each lesson. At the end of each course, the learner will be able to download a personalized certificate of completion.

Clinical Essentials Course

CLIN-001 Defining Dry Eye Disease
CLIN-002 Anatomy of Dry Eye Disease
CLIN-003 Defining Aqueous Deficiency
CLIN-004 Blepharitis
CLIN-005 Visual Quality and Dry Eye Disease
CLIN-006 Innervation of the Meibomian Glands
CLIN-007 Allergy-related Dry Eye
CLIN-008 Defining Rosacea
CLIN-009 Exposure and Contact Lens-related Dry Eye Disease
CLIN-010 Cosmetic Blepharitis
CLIN-011 Complex Dry Eye

Diagnostics and Treatments Course

DXTX-001 Diagnostics
DXTX-002 SPEED Questionnaire
DXTX-003 Equipment and Instruments
DXTX-004 Therapeutic Instruments
DXTX-005 Amniotic Membrane Applications in the Eye
DXTX-006 Neurostimulation for Dry Eye Disease
DXTX-007 Tears, Eye Drops, Emulsions and Oils
DXTX-008 Dry Eye Supplements
DXTX-009 Masks and Compresses
DXTX-010 Eyelid Cleansers and Lid Scrubs
DXTX-011 Dry Eye Medications

Practice Implementation Course

PRAC-001 Introduction to Practice Implementation
PRAC-002 Planning Your Dry Eye Clinic
PRAC-003 Facility Requirements
PRAC-004 Developing Your Standard of Care
PRAC-005 Referral Care
PRAC-006 Shared Care
PRAC-007 Comprehensive Care
PRAC-008 Reimbursement
PRAC-009 Training
PRAC-010 Dry Eye Disease in the Real World

Members-only areas of DryEyeAccess.com include courses for your whole practice.

Read a new article in Florida Doctor Magazine
featuring Patti Barkey, COE, Dry Eye University

Dry Eye Practice Success Story

After attending education seminars through Dry Eye University, Krista Wills, Manager of Mitchell Eye Centre in Calgary, has been able to implement a dry eye standard of care within her practice. Today, after practice-wide education and implementation:

100% of patients are screened for Dry Eye Disease
86% of patients are diagnosed and treated for Dry Eye Disease
40% of practice revenue is attributed to Dry Eye Disease diagnosis and management