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The cover story of the March 10 issue of Ocular Surgery News focused on digital health techniques and technology. Here are some of the issue’s publication exclusives:
Cover story
Ophthalmic digital health techniques meet public health needs
Digital health is a rapidly growing field in ophthalmology, and new technologies can better treat, manage and monitor progression of ophthalmic diseases. Ophthalmic digital health has great potential to address unmet public health needs for patients with ocular conditions. Read more.
Lindstrom’s Perspective
Despite barriers, telemedicine plays important role
Telemedicine or telehealth is the use of telecommunication and information technology to provide health care from a distance. The first examples of telemedicine date to the early 1900s in Australia where it was utilized by the Royal Flying Doctors Service of Australia to help care for those living in the Australian Outback. In the United States, most credit Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston collaborating with Logan International Airport to provide emergency health care to passengers as the first example of a successful American telemedicine project. Read more.
The Premium Channel
Surviving the Hawaiian missile crisis: My personal perspective on reality
Mitchell A. Jackson, MD, recounts his experience during the false alarm missile threat in Hawaii. Read more.
By the Numbers
Recognizing the value of a new patient kept
John B. Pinto discusses the importance of keeping patients and cultivating referrals. Read more.
Surgical Maneuvers
Step-by-step breakdown of double infusion cannula technique for bullous keratopathy
Pseudophakic or aphakic bullous keratopathy with a cloudy cornea requires some form of endothelial keratoplasty to replace the compromised host corneal endothelium with a healthy donor endothelium along with Descemet’s membrane, with or without adjacent corneal stroma, in order to restore host corneal clarity and visually rehabilitate the patient. Read more.