Comanagement News

“Low vision care is all about the patient’s goals,” Richard J. Shuldiner, OD, FAAO, told Primary Care Optometry News.

In my operating room, we often joke that we are “going green” on those happy occasions when we don’t need to open a product that we thought we’d need for surgery. It's funny to us because we've become so numbed to throwing away bags and bags of trash generated by surgery each day.

A 65-year-old white male presented to the eye clinic with concerns regarding a bump on his right lower lid. The patient reported that his right eye had been watering and irritated for several weeks due to the bump rubbing on his glasses. He also noted that the bump had grown larger recently but he was unable to provide a timeline. He denied any vision changes.

A lack of understanding of insurance benefits was the most common barrier in adherence to dilated eye examinations among patients with diabetes, according to a study in American Health & Drug Benefits.

In my original blog on this theme, I discussed the expanded role of optometry in the management of patients with diabetes. For any optometrist who is practicing in the “medical model,” this is an urgent public health need and a large opportunity to expand your practice.

ANAHEIM, Calif. – Midpoint refraction is equally reliable and, on average, 0.50 D more minus when compared to a max-plus refraction in patients who have Kamra inlays, according to a poster presented at the American Academy of Optometry annual meeting.

There’s mounting evidence that intracameral antibiotics protect the eye from endophthalmitis even better than topical therapy. The ESCRS data and a large study from Kaiser corroborate this.

With advancing technology, cataract surgery is now less invasive, resulting in better recovery and outcomes. Not only have the surgical techniques for cataract extraction improved, but the quality of and options available for IOLs have increased as well.

The Diabetic Retinopathy Clinical Research network was funded by the National Eye Institute in 2002 to facilitate multicenter clinical research of diabetic eye disease. More than 350 physicians participate at more than 140 clinical sites across the U.S.

Researchers found that when adjusted to include diabetes control, the severity of diabetic retinopathy showed a correlation with degree of hearing loss at most levels, according to a study in Optometry and Vision Science.