Comanagement News

Interventions geared towards the health care system, health care professionals, and patients led to a 12% increase in retinopathy screening attendance vs. usual care, according to a recently published Cochrane Systematic Review. “Due to the prevalence of diabetic retinopathy and the very real risk it poses to sight, our review highlights the importance of such interventions, as similar increases in attendance could have significant implications for people with diabetes, as the earlier we can detect the signs of retinopathy, the sooner we can start treatment,” John Lawrenson, PhD MSc, an author of the Cochrane review and professor of clinical visual science at City University of London, said in a press release.

Advances in daily disposable toric contact lenses and toric IOLs reduce the need for patients with astigmatism to compromise their vision or comfort.

Cataract surgery is the most common surgery performed in the U.S. Because of the frequency we deal with these eyes, the process of referring a patient for surgery can become rote, with one patient feeling very much like the next.

In my last blog, “Backdoor health care reform,” some of my readers thought I might have revealed a political bias. I like to keep politics and health care separate, but there are occasions where the two subjects end up on a collision course.

The optometry school curriculum is a rigorous program preparing highly trained doctors of optometry.

The Raindrop corneal inlay from ReVision Optics and the AcuFocus Kamra corneal inlay have been implanted in thousands of eyes.

Adaptive Biotechnologies and Microsoft have announced a partnership to develop a T-cell receptor-antigen map to assist in prompt detection and diagnosis of multiple diseases, including infectious diseases and cancers.

LASIK retreatment based on manifest refraction in hyperopic eyes with a difference of no more than 1.00 D between cycloplegic and manifest refraction was safe, effective and predictable, according to a study.

A new procedure that reshapes ectatic corneas with laser-assisted crescent resections achieves refractive correction, reduces irregular astigmatism and higher-order aberrations, and decreases anterior chamber depth without narrowing the optical zone or weakening the cornea.

With modern cataract surgery allowing for the correction of refractive error, including astigmatism and presbyopia, the refractive demands placed on this procedure are higher than ever.