Practice Management News

These are unprecedented times for all of us. The last pandemic was the H1H1 flu virus of 2009. Although that outbreak resulted in over 60 million cases in the U.S. and unfolded over the course of a year, the mortality rate was only 0.02%.

As the COVID-19 pandemic stretches across the country, physicians have had to modify schedules, evaluate patient needs and change the way their businesses are run.

The AOA announced its support of an interim guidance released by the CDC March 17, which detailed strategies for health care facilities to prepare for and respond to community spread of COVID-19.

ORLANDO — At Cataract Surgery: Telling It Like It Is, Michael Patterson, DO, discusses the importance of balancing volume and quality patient care.

The American Society of Retina Specialists released guidelines to help retina practices and medical personnel reduce risk and assure the health and safety of patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Richard J. Fugo, MD, the inventor of the Fugo blade, also known as the plasma blade, died on March 14.

With rising infection rates in the United States constituting a national emergency, COVID-19 continues to affect all facets of life through institutional shutdowns, numerous lockdowns and the cancellation of many milestone events. Of the many event cancellations impacting the medical community, Match Day 2020 is challenging medical students and leaders alike to explore a new landscape for celebration, shedding light on the bigger picture of what it truly means to work in the medical field amid largescale pandemics.

Kiawah Eye 2020 has been rescheduled for Sept. 10-12, 2020, due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

The American Academy of Ophthalmology is recommending all ophthalmologists suspend routine patient visits and begin providing only urgent or emergent care during the global COVID-19 pandemic.

The American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery has canceled its annual meeting, which originally was scheduled for May 15-19.