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2011 State of the College

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This was a year of planning and preparation as we underwent the reorganization of the UEC. In the coming year, our goal is to exceed 85,000 patient encounters at our clinic on 42nd Street and at satellite clinics throughout New York City. Patient Encounters

Extending quality eye and vision care to individuals within our community has been a core value of the University Eye Center since its inception. These services are offered to communities that are economically disadvantaged or where patients have limited access to eye care. During this past year, we continued to provide homebound care services to residents of Manhattan and Queens. We also continued to support our indigent care program. Additionally, the University Eye Center participated in many community-based visual screenings and community lectures and seminars. We expanded our in-house educational support groups for patients and their families. Many of these programs are supported by the College’s Foundation, the Optometric Center of New York, as well as organizations such as the Reader’s Digest Partners for Sight Foundation. The following table summarizes many of these community-based programs. Service to the Community

85,000

0 10000 20000 30000 40000 50000 60000 70000 80000 90000

9 , 0 8 , 0 7 , 0 6 , 0 5 , 0 40,000 3 , 0 2 , 0 1 ,0 0 0

Our goal is to exceed 85,000 patient encounters annually by year 2013.

0 10000 20000 30000 40000 50000 60000 70000 80000 90000

# of Patients

highlights

04/05

06/07

07/08

08/09

09/10

10/11

05/06

Focused Area

FY 08–09

FY 09–10

FY 10–11

year

450 patients are referred to the UEC each month

referral service updates Building partnerships

201

148

145

Homebound Visits

0 1200 2400 3600 4800 6000

3,157 patients were screened during the UEC’s 55 vision screenings

The UEC Referral Service has seen an increase of nearly 1,200 more patient referrals within the last year. The Referral Service continues to grow and strives to provide quality care to patients who are referred by their regular practitioner through specialty services and advanced testing in areas including primary care, vision therapy and ocular disease.

Vision Screening Events (Including Schools)

55

17

27

400 different healthcare providers referred patients to the UEC 2 new clinics

Charitable Care Requests

1,192 (541 unique)

0 1200 2400 3600 4800 6000 6,0 4,80 3,600 2,400 1,200 0

576

581

13,662

679 people attended community lectures and events

Total number of referral visits to date

Community Lectures and Events

12

13

14

REferral visits

Dry Eye Clinic Hereditary Eye Disease Clinic

40

38

39

Support Groups

07/08

09/10

10/11

08/09

year

100 120 140 160 180