American Glaucoma Society Meeting

With the continued increase in the older patient population and a nearly 20% decline in the health care workforce, there is an urgent need to expand ocular telehealth, according to a speaker at the American Glaucoma Society meeting.

Before implementing a telehealth program, it is important to know what problem needs to be solved and to have a concrete goal to achieve.

Measuring a specific area of visual field over time with OCT guidance improved detection of visual field worsening, particularly in less severe cases of glaucoma, according to a speaker.

Smartphones are nearly ubiquitous and powerful tools that allow physicians to take better care of patients and help patients improve care for themselves, according to a speaker at the American Glaucoma Society meeting.

Patients with genetic risk for different glaucoma subtypes had an associated risk for different visual field defects, according to a study.

Patients with advanced glaucoma should be offered trabeculectomy as their primary intervention, according to a study presented at the American Glaucoma Society meeting.

Overdiagnosis and overtreatment are growing problems in glaucoma, and ophthalmologists must work toward finding solutions, according to a lecturer at the American Glaucoma Society meeting.

Modern glaucoma care is all about the patient, according to a speaker at the American Glaucoma Society meeting.