Practice Management News

Some features in the Aug. 25 issue of Ocular Surgery News focus on ophthalmic drug shortages and the use of generic drugs in such shortages.

In an effort to improve the user experience for its health provider audiences, the Wyanoke Group is rebranding its live event, digital and publishing arms under the Healio umbrella, the company announced in a press release.

Optometry Giving Sight recently announced the launch of its annual fundraising campaign, the World Sight Day Challenge.

The integration of women authorship in ophthalmic research is comparable to that of other medical specialties, but overall women authors are underrepresented when compared with men, according to a study.

The number of Generation Z employees currently enrolled in a vision plan is significantly higher than in 2018, according to the Transitions Optical Employee Perceptions of Vision Benefits survey.

Professional coaching sessions reduced burnout and improved quality of life for practicing physicians, according to a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Hour-long monthly sessions where health care professionals shared best electronic medical record practices with their peers — dubbed by the session creators as “EMR Happy Hours” — often improved physician efficacy and efficiency in maintaining those records, according to a recent report in Annals of Family Medicine.

by Agustin L. Gonzalez, OD, FAAO, ABCMO

The FDA is warning consumers against the use of drugs manufactured by Herbal Doctor Remedies in Monterey Park, California, after a recent inspection of the facility revealed unsanitary conditions and serious violations of current good manufacturing practices.

The 2019 Jenny Pomeroy Award for Excellence in Vision and Public Health was awarded to Cynthia Owsley, PhD, MSPH, at the Prevent Blindness: Focus on Eye Health National Summit.