Office Safety & Scheduling Procedures Update

IMPORTANT: Your safety and health is our highest priority. Our staff members are working diligently to maintain a safe environment for all our patients who are receiving care at our office:

  1. If you have a sight or life-threatening emergency, please call 911 or contact your nearest Emergency Room.
  2. Due to the large number of patients returning to our office since the pandemic, we had to update our scheduling procedures so that we can ensure the safety of all our patients and staff. Typically, we are able to reply to most inquiries within about 1-2 business days.
  3. If you are new to our office, to streamline the scheduling process, please kindly email us at odtong@bxbsecure.com with the patient’s name, age, who referred you, and a 1-2 sentence description of your main concerns. All services are by appointment only. 
  4. If you have been to our office before, please email us at odtong@bxbsecure.com, text us at (626) 565-3534, or leave a voice message at (626) 578-9685 if you have any questions. Typically, we are able to reply to most inquiries within about 1-2 business days.
  5. PRECAUTIONS REGARDING COVID-19 AND OTHER ILLNESSES:
    1. If within the past 5-7 days you have experienced any symptoms (other than the COVID vaccine reactions), been in close contact with anyone with COVID, traveled internationally or out-of-state, or been on an airplane, please inform our staff immediately.
    2. Per the current City of Pasadena and Los Angeles County requirements, all patients and staff members will be subject to temperature screening and still required to wear face masks at all times during the visit.
    3. Download a PDF with further details of our Safety and Health Protocols.
  6. If you need any other assistance, please leave a voice message at (626) 578-9685 with your name and phone number so that one of our team members can return your call.

Is a Digital Eye Exam the Best Eye Exam?

Digital Eye Exam vs Traditional Eye Exam

Are Digital Eye Exams the Best Eye Exams?

Digital Eye Exam vs Traditional Eye Exam

Digital Eye Exam vs Traditional Eye Exam

In this time of rapid technological innovation, many people think that new digital technology has got to be better than “old school” or “traditional” anything. Not so with digital eye exams vs. traditional eye exams. The quality of the eye exam is always determined by the expertise of the eye doctor who is using the instruments.

No matter what tools or technology is used for an eye exam, the optometrist has to interpret the objective measurements to come up with the best prescription and/or treatments for each unique person. And digital eye exams do not eliminate the patient's need to pick between two different views.

We don't need patented digital eye exam technology to give you the very best eye exam. Our comprehensive eye exam goes beyond 20/20 and beyond digital readings to evaluate your total vision and your unique individual needs. Find out more about what our the many visual skills beyond 20/20 eyesight that our comprehensive eye exam covers.

Perfect Vision Doesn’t Happen in Your Eyeball

Digital eye exams aim to precisely measure the physical parts of the patient's eyes, but we don’t see with our eyes alone. Our eyes send the information on to our brain and bodies and that’s where good vision is created. Our eye exam is a comprehensive vision exam that evaluates your entire visual system -- eyes, brain and body -- to determine the best solutions for total vision, not just 20/20 eyesight.

Learn about our comprehensive vision exams at The Best Eye Exam is a Vision Exam.

There's More to Healthy Vision than 20/20 Eyesight!

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