VIDEO: Majority of optometrists have OCTs
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LAS VEGAS — Between 80% and 85% of optometrists polled during a workshop at Vision Expo West said they have an OCT in their practice, and two-thirds said they have widefield imaging, according to moderator Mark Dunbar, OD, FAAO.
Dunbar, co-chair of Vision Expo’s education committee and a practitioner at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute in Miami, said the workshop on ocular imaging celebrated optometry’s role in primary care.
“Optometrists do 85% of all eye exams, and access to high-end imaging really puts us on a level playing field with ophthalmology and the retinal community,” he said. “Not that we’re retinal specialists — but when you think of the patients we’re able to manage and diagnose because of high-resolution OCT, OCT angiography and widefield imaging, it’s remarkable.
“When we send a patient to a retinal specialist,” Dunbar continued, “it’s not because we don’t know what they have ... it’s because we know they need treatment.”
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Dunbar M, et al. Battle at the Sands: Case challenges in optometry – optimizing ocular imaging workshop. Presented at: Vision Expo West; Sept. 14-17, 2022; Las Vegas.
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