It's Simple-All Patients, All Problems, All the Time

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Welcome to Alliance Retina Service. We specialize in diabetic problems, macular degeneration, and more complex retinal detachments and trauma. We accept all patients, all problems, all the time. With our patient portal, patients have direct access to charts, our office, and Dr. Rosenthal 24 hours a day. You can also call Dr. Rosenthal 24x7 on cell at 419-356-4224. If you are new to Alliance Retina, check it out. If you are already a patient, register in the portal right away.

All Patients, All Problems, All The Time

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Se habla español. Puede llamar a Dr. Rosenthal directamente a su mobile: 419-356-4224.

Alliance Retina Coronavirus Response Plan

For Your Safety and Continued Care:
NEW OFFICE PRACTICES- READ THIS NOW
Studies have suggested that the most likely doctors to contract and spread coronaviruses in the community could be ENT doctors and ophthalmologists, perhaps because we see large numbers of patients, and because we take care of things close to the face of patients, where the virus is contracted. AND YET, many patients need continuing care. Before being a retinal surgeon, Dr. Rosenthal had been a microbiologist and respiratory therapist. The following guidelines are our best plan to treat you and keep you safe, based on that experience and current expert recommendations. Current (3/24/20) suggestions from the White House to lift protections to help the economy are exquisitely dangerous. Listen to the Experts and Gov. DeWine, who most certainly is listening to the experts.

We have developed a plan where we can continue your care and at the same time keep you as safe as possible, but we need your help:

  • For patients with followup appointments of 3 months or longer, we ask that you let us move your appointment out by a couple of months, when we hope the outbreak will be better understood and better controlled.
  • If you have active problems, we will of course continue your care. We can do some of that care with no risk to you at all by converting your appointment, for now, to an online telemedicine visit. (PLEASE CLICK HERE for more information and to sign a consent.). We have acquired the technology to do this specifically for your benefit. We will call you (or you may call us) and we can schedule an online session, usually Monday or Tuesday, which can be done on FaceTime, if you have an Apple device, or by videoconference if you have a computer. If you have neither, we can at least talk by phone. At he scheduled time, a technician will call you and start the process and lead you through it to your personal appointment with Dr. Rosenthal.
  • If you are a new, nonemergency patient, we can follow the same process.
  • If we determine by any avenue that you need imaging or treatment, we will try to schedule those visits on Thursday and Friday at 15 minute intervals to minimize patients being too close. We will have a streamlined process to get the problem evaluated quickly and safely. When you arrive, stay in your car and call us. We will tell you when you should come in. St. Luke's will check your temperature at the outer door and admit you if there is no fever.
  • Only one companion can come in with you, or if you can come in on your own, that is preferable.
  • If you have a fever, aches, cough, sneezing, or any other sign of any sickness, you should stay home and call us. If you have not called your primary doctor, you should do so for specific advice. According to CDC advice, go to the Emergency Room ONLY if you are in acute distress.
  • If you need emergency surgery, we need to verify that you do not have signs of COVID-19, and will perform the surgery in a timely manner at St. Luke's.
  • When the crisis is under better control, we can return to more conventional care.
For Older Patients- From CNN
Coronavirus and older adults: What to know and how to prepare

People ages 60 and up are at higher risk of novel coronavirus infection. Symptoms include fever, dry cough and diffculty breathing, and it's primarily spread between people. Here's how older adults can prepare and protect themselves from the novel coronavirus. This guidance comes from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Drs. Carla Perissinotto and Samir Sinha, both geriatricians.
Note: Recommendations for Covid-19 may change as officials learn more, so monitor your local health department and the CDC for updates.
By Scottie Andrew, CNN

Take precautions
  • Cancel non-essential doctor’s appointments
  • Schedule telehealth sessions for appointments you can’t miss Designate an emergency contact. WE HAVE TELEMEDICINE APPOINTMENTS AVAILABLE. PLEASE CALL THE OFFICE AT 419-873-6800
  • Designate an emergency contact
  • If you need to isolate keep in touch with family and friends
  • Wash your hands frequently (scrub for 20 seconds with soap and water)
  • Use hand sanitizer when soap isn’t available

Stock up
  • Make sure you have enough groceries and household products to last you a “prolonged period of time” at home
  • Prescription medication may be di

Travel
  • Avoid nonessential plane travel
  • Don’t go on a cruise —— cruise ship passengers are at a higher risk of infection

Life
  • Stay at home as much as possible if you live in an area where there’s an outbreak
  • In public, avoid crowds and poorly ventilated buildings Keep several feet of distance from people
  • Wash your hands with soap after going in public
  • If you need to isolate, keep in touch with family and friends

Nursing homes
  • Most long-term care facilities have pandemic plans
  • Call facility stat for information on their plan
  • If you’re sick, do not visit a nursing home

  • If you’re visiting a nursing home in an outbreak area, get screened before entering
  • Figure out an alternative mode of communication if a nursing home bans visitors

If you think you’re sick
  • Call your doctor before going in for a test
  • Don’t use public transportation and stay at home as much as possible
  • If you have questions, call the Coronavirus Hotlines at 419-291-5355 or 419-251-4000.
General Advice About Pandemics
The coronavirus crisis is real, but it is manageable. For all the discussions and frightening statistics in the news, the best plan, by far, in any such epidemic is to:

  • Wash your hands (virtually any soap is effective and useful), use hand sanitizer, try not to touch your face, and avoid crowds of ANY size. It is “low-tech”, but it is VERY effective.
  • Use a mask if you want. Masks are not as useful as you might think (except in protecting others if YOU are sick), but they are better than nothing. THEY ARE USEFUL AND NECESSARY FOR HEALTHCARE WORKERS WHO ARE TRYING TO SEE AND HELP PEOPLE WHO ARE SICK. TRY TO LEAVE THE MASKS FOR THEM. In the Flu epidemic in 1918, homemade masks made with 5 layers of gauze and a homemade wire nose clip were shown to be quite helpful.
  • Sit still. There is a saying, “Don’t just do something, stand there”. If you are not sick, the best thing to do is to stay home. If you have respiratory symptoms and/or fever, DO NOT go to the Emergency Room unless you are in distress. First, CALL YOUR PRIMARY CARE DOCTOR. Together, you can decide the best plan.
  • In the same sense, if your vision is doing well and you have no new or worsening problems, it is acceptable and probably best to stay home. We are calling patients with appointments coming up and offering to delay follow-up appointments of 3 months or longer for a month or two until the peak of the crisis is better known (and hopefully past).
  • IF YOU ARE HAVING NEW OR PERSISTING VISUAL PROBLEMS OR PAIN, WE ARE AVAILABLE TO SEE YOU AND YOU SHOULD KEEP YOUR APPOINTMENT. Because of the rescheduling of others, we might need to change your appointment time or date.
  • As an additional service, we can offer “remote” appointments via telemedicine technology. In essence, we can talk on the phone, get a sense of how things are going, and determine if you need to be seen in person. For now, during the peak of the coronavirus crisis, we will identify a time in the week where we can offer this service.
  • As always, Dr. Rosenthal is available directly at his cell phone (419-356-4224) at any time of the day or night. As has been our advice for many years, if you are having ANY pain or visual change that seems significant to you, our advice is that, even if things are “probably okay”, we would like you to come in to be sure. We have, on average, 2 to 4 such add-on emergency patients per day, and you are not inconveniencing anyone by taking advantage of this service.

Be safe during this difficult period. If you are not sick now, doing less really is more. Stay home, avoid exposures, keep in touch with family and friends by phone or social media and try not to let either the pandemic deniers or alarmists upset you too much. It is always best to “hope for the best and prepare for the worst”. This will pass. Even if you get the virus, 70% of the time it is mild. This is cause for hope. The most at risk, unfortunately, are those of us over 60, which in a country this size is a lot of people, thus the dire warnings. This creates our need to prepare and be careful.

Please call if you have questions.

Dr. Rosenthal and the Alliance Retina Team

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Contact: Phone- 419-873-6800 - Fax- 419-873-6804 - Email- info@justretina.com - Dr. Rosenthal’s Cell- 419-356-4224
If you have an emergency, please call 911 or go to the nearest emergency room.