Primary Care Optometry News Current Issue

The following articles appeared in the print edition of Primary Care Optometry News.

Table of Contents

• Carefully approach the addition of audiology services Michael D. DePaolis, OD, FAAO
• All CE providers must evolve, be held accountable
• Clinicians find success with off-label therapy for persistent epithelial defect Lee Azpiroz, OD; John G. Dodd, DO
• End-of-day contact lens discomfort may have a chemical cause Salvatore Shakir, OD
• Eye care practices find incorporating audiology improves patient care, loyalty
• Hyaluronic acid in silicone hydrogels shows promise for ocular drug delivery
• Meeting needs of baby boomers will help build your practice Scot Morris, OD, FAAO
• Nutrition society declares need for eye health education
• Opticianry community envisions plan for 2020
• Researcher Expect barriers in development of drug eluting contact lens
• Study results suggest soft contacts should slow myopia progression
• VSP, AOA air views on health care reform at public meeting
• Medicare audits may motivate doctors to revisit patient record protocols Charles B. Brownlow, OD
• CNV development in fellow eye more active after first year of anti-VEGF treatment
• Noninvasive techniques promising for imaging diabetic macular edema
• Novel dry AMD treatment found safe, tolerable in phase 1b study
• Phase 1b/2a study initiated with integrin peptide therapy for wet AMD
• Attorney offers tips to lessen liability when prescribing off label
• 'Real world' diabetic macular edema treatment outcomes lag behind trial outcomes
• Study: Ocriplasmin treatment closed full-thickness macular holes in some patients
• Marfan syndrome
• Use data from your social media campaigns to calculate return on investment Agustin L. Gonzalez, OD, FAAO, ABCMO
• Blurred vision glaucoma diagnosis Leo P. Semes, OD, FAAO; Matthew Davis; Brooke Schaeffer Kaplan, OD