Comanagement News

Last month we talked about how to monitor your patients with Fuchs’ and some findings in nonvisually significant disease.

I saw a very interesting patient this month and had an experience beyond my normal role.

Optometrists specializing in low vision are working with retinal and corneal surgeons and occupational therapists to restore central vision in patients with end-stage age-related macular degeneration.

A 44-year-old African-American female presented to our emergency eye clinic with a chief complaint of blurry vision equal in both eyes, at both distance and near. She reported that she had been hit in her left eye with a coat hanger 5 days previously, which was when she first noticed the vision suddenly becoming blurry along with flashes and floaters greater in the left eye than the right.

As the 2016 presidential race heats up, there is much discussion about health care and the effectiveness of the Affordable Health Care Act. While one side continues to talk about repeal, the other side talks about augmenting the act or even replacing in with a single payer system.

A retinal prosthesis greatly improved everyday visual hands-on tasks, according to researchers in Clinical and Experimental Optometry.

ATLANTA – An Alcon executive explained the company’s plans to separate its medical device and pharmaceutical businesses, during a company-sponsored press conference here at SECO.

ATLANTA – Patients with macular edema who are nonresponsive to repeated intravitreal injection may have undiagnosed obstructive sleep apnea, Jay M. Haynie, OD, FAAO, said in a presentation here at SECO.

ATLANTA – Optometrists in 14 states are permitted to administer injections for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes, and Brad Sutton, OD, FAAO, encouraged those ODs to do so.

ATLANTA – Optometrists are permitted to perform injections in 22 states for anaphylaxis and in 14 states for varying degrees of diagnostic and therapeutic use, Brad Sutton, OD, FAAO, reported here at SECO. However, query patients regarding allergies before performing any injections, he said, and always be ready with your EpiPen.