Comanagement News

CHICAGO – J. James Thimons, OD, a founding partner in a large multidisciplinary secondary and tertiary practice, said the comanagement of micro-invasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS) will be the next horizon for optometry, facilitating the ability to develop optometric practices, provide better care and change the direction of how care is delivered through a dual-profession process.

CHICAGO – “Glaucoma is a serious public health problem in this country. Optometry is the solution,” American Optometric Association President Christopher J. Quinn, OD, said in an address to the Optometric Glaucoma Society.

California Governor Jerry Brown signed the Optometry Practice Act, which expands the number of procedures optometrists may offer to patients, consistent with most other states, according to the California Optometric Association.

Visual impairment was significantly associated with worse cognitive function and senile dementia in a study based on two nationally representative samples of the U.S. population.

Six months after phacoemulsification, mean intraocular pressure was reduced 20% in eyes suspected for primary angle-closure and in those with primary angle closure with no medical therapy, according to researchers in the Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery.

Patients diagnosed with open-angle glaucoma are more likely to experience a stroke, and males are at greater risk than females, according to a retrospective study in the British Journal of Ophthalmology.

LAS VEGAS – The Maculogix clinical advisory committee released a consensus paper on the importance of visual function in the diagnosis of nonexudative age-related macular degeneration here at Vision Expo West.

LAS VEGAS – Blair Wong, an optician from Boston, presents highlights from the PBS Documentary, Sight: The Story of Vision.

LAS VEGAS – Patients with dry eye symptoms but no signs may fit the criteria for a chronic pain disorder, Richard Adler, MD, said here at Vision Expo West.

Welcome to the maiden entry of our blog on surgical comanagement.