Comanagement News

Medical tourism is booming in many countries worldwide. Primary Care Optometry News spoke with Daniel Chayet, CEO at CODET Vision Institute in Tijuana, Mexico, which offers a full suite of ophthalmic surgeries with state-of-the-art equipment and procedures.

Families affected by the Zika virus often experience a mix of emotions, and health care providers must offer appropriate support, David J. Schonfeld, MD, FAAP, said during the Zika Virus and Your Eyes Webinar.

CHICAGO – “Our glaucoma drops aren’t that great, and our traditional glaucoma surgery isn’t that great. Enter minimally invasive glaucoma surgery,” John Berdahl, MD, said here at the Optometric Glaucoma Symposium.

For our blog’s first real entry, we’d like to talk about the most boring, but perhaps most basic, element of cataract surgery outcomes: biometrics and the postoperative refraction.

Just about a year ago we merged our practice with the University of Rochester’s Flaum Eye Institute. Joining forces with such a large, well respected academic institution brought about an element of change. We assumed a new electronic health records system, a variety of new office policies and a more integrated role in our patients’ overall care.

Patients with light perception or no light perception due to retinitis pigmentosa may experience improved mobility with the implantation of a retinal prosthesis, but targeted postoperative training by a low vision specialist is crucial to patient outcomes, according to one surgeon.

A 71-year-old Hispanic male presented to the eye clinic with complaints of blurry vision in both eyes of 4 months duration. The patient had been followed in the clinic for dry age-related macular degeneration for numerous years. He was given a home Amsler grid at previous visits and reported no new metamorphopsia, scotoma or decreased vision.

Understanding the importance of laboratory testing in relation to ocular disease is crucial, according to Bruce E. Onofrey, OD, RPh, FAAO.

CHICAGO – “There does not appear to be long-term impact of presumably healed concussion on general visual function, but those with visual symptoms had worse visual acuity and slower central visuomotor reaction time,” Kristine Dalton, OD, PhD, FAAO, reported here at the American Academy of Optometry meeting.

CHICAGO – Eye care providers may have the opportunity to identify neurodegenerative diseases earlier through the use of high-resolution optical coherence tomography, according to Robert Sergott, MD, of Wills Eye Hospital.