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COSTA MESA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CareCredit's Caring Communities Program is making a difference in the vision health of children with a $25,000 grant to Optometry Cares® - The American Optometric Association (AOA) Foundation's InfantSEE® ...

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[James Jordan]

Thumbs down. I'll send my email to CareCredit.

 

[Jeff Berger OD]

Two thoughts on this one.

1. Why does this program need a $25,000 grant? The doctors are already donating the time for the exam and the AOA has a huge budget for PR. Where is that money being spent?

2. 7,000 doctors signed up and they provide 10,000 exams year. So on average an InfantSEE doc is seeing 1.4 infants per year. Clearly this program is not getting the desired effect/awareness in the population. I saw 4 last month that were kids of current patients. I can't believe that number isn't higher this long after the program launched.