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Electronic Medical record

Technology will never replace the human touch, but it certainly comes in handy. A secure web portal allows Mission Vision staff and volunteers to electronically update and retain patient records.

The electronic Medical Record was designed by our own staff as a web-based, customized portable platform; a cloud-based system before we had cloud-based systems. It makes the EMR portal accessible anywhere we serve. It also lets us track patients who may have multiple visits.

This system also helps streamline the check-in process, reduces paperwork, and increases patient interaction.

A Special Partnership

Every patient is unique, and so is each pair of eyeglass lenses prescribed at a Mission Vision clinic. Thanks to support from the Essilor Vision Foundation, those lenses are manufactured and provided free of charge.

For more than a decade, Essilor has been working with doctor’s offices, schools, and charitable organizations throughout the U.S. to provide eye-wear lenses to those in need.

With that stated, Mission Vision and Essilor forged a special partnership focusing on the people of Western Pennsylvania.

Essilor’s lens facilities receives the prescriptions from Mission Vision and then measures, shapes, and grinds each order to the doctor’s exact specifications to fit the frames provided by Mission Vision clinics

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Setting Up the Clinic

A moment of Reflection

It’s easy to lose sight of the big picture.

That’s why every Mission Vision clinic begins and ends with a prayer. After all, it’s the power of God’s love that brings everyone – staff members, volunteers, and patients – together.

Just ask Mike, a Mission Vision volunteer, and he will tell you that God works in mysterious ways. Mike suffered a serious eye injury as a child, but thanks to medical intervention he was able to make a full recovery. Now, he wants to return the favor. “I know the difference good vision can make in people’s lives,” he says.

“it’s an awesome experience to be with these children,” Mike continues. “The other day, one of the kids gave me the biggest hug and it just melted my heart.”

Gratitude and Glasses

Another Day, Another Clinic

After putting gin about eight hours and seeing 40 or more patients, the Mission Vision crew typically calls it a day. That means loading the equipment – the phoropter and autorefractors, laptops, power cords, plastic bins of eyeglasses, frames, and charts – back into the van for the next time.

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