Comanagement News

Optometry is the profession of vision. Unlike other professionals in eye care, optometrists are uniquely trained and experienced in the human visual system.

As a so-called expert witness, my analysis of more than 400 cases over the past 4.5 decades reveals that most cases could have been avoided if the malpractice merely covered the bases.

Research published over the last decade strongly reinforces the idea that dry eye specialists should be aggressively looking for – and subsequently managing – nocturnal evaporative stress in the dry eye and meibomian gland dysfunction patient populations.

by Curtis R. Baxstrom, OD, FCOVD, FAAO, FNORA

Risk assessment and risk management are common tools in modern society. Although the concept can be traced back to the ancient Greeks from around 400 BC, the science of risk management is a product of the late 20th century, according to Aven.

Expanded urgent care access to automated OCT shows promise in increasing accuracy and timeliness of diagnosis as well as providing immediate documentation of pathology to further substantiate medical decision making, according to a study published in BMJ Open Ophthalmology.

by June Chiang, OD

The topic of corneal transplant surgery can quickly evolve to alphabet soup with all of the acronyms involved.

by Kyla Demers, BSc, CAT(C), DO

The corneal surface is the eye's first refracting surface. As such, we cannot overemphasize the importance of ocular surface health in ensuring optimal postsurgical outcomes in standalone refractive surgery as well refractive cataract surgery.