Treating dry eye 201: Initiating basic treatment

I frequent a few groups on Facebook and Twitter dedicated to dry eye disease. Not a day goes by without several inquiries about starting to treat DED patients.
Some of the doctors asking for assistance are seeking specific advice about a particular patient or problem, but many of them are looking for guidance about the most basic aspects of treatment. It has been quite a few years now, but my three-part series on creating a dry eye clinic still holds value if you are just starting out. This series of columns can be thought of as a review and update:
First, though, a tiny mea culpa. Last month