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PCON adds 2 new blogs to Healio
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In the past week, Primary Care Optometry News has welcomed two new bloggers to Healio: Gary L. Morgan, OD, and Agustin L. Gonzalez, OD.
Morgan and Gonzalez join the three existing PCON bloggers: Jeffrey Anshel, OD, FAAO; Scott A. Edmonds, OD, FAAO; and John A. Hovanesian, MD, FACS. Our team covers topics that range from nutrition to health care reform to comanagement to AMD prevention to social media.
PCON hosts Gonzalez social media video blog
PCON print columnist Gonzalez offers advice to private practitioners on leveraging the power of social media to benefit the optometric practice through his brief, informal videos.
New blog to address AMD prevention
Private practitioner Morgan focuses his new blog on age-related macular disease prevention, strategies for monitoring patients with AMD, the effects of blue light on the retina and mitigating the unforeseen effects of technology on vision and overall health.
Anshel discusses the controversy over the need to supplement mesozeaxanthin, a carotenoid that is only found in the eye. While some support the concept, others say there is no reason to add it because it is not normally found in the diet.
Electronic integration is here
According to Edmonds, the first health information exchange has electronically integrated with an ophthalmic health system to test the exchange of protected health information in Kentucky. He says the time is now to decide whether you will be an early adaptor or “at the back of the pack.”
New 'smartwatch' creates need for 'smartvision'
Hovanesian credits Apple’s smartwatch for raising the bar for presbyopia correction technology.