Practice Management News

Jerry A. Shields , MD, has received the 2019 Lucien Howe Medal from the American Ophthalmological Society for his distinguished service throughout his career, Wills Eye Hospital announced in a press release.

The Vision Council is publicizing the importance of protecting the eyes from harmful ultraviolet light in honor of National Sunglasses Day, which is June 27.

Both clinicians and patients more often utilized advance directives that were more “readable, understandable, appealing and usable,” according to findings recently published in the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine.

ST. LOUIS – EyeCareLive offers a telemedicine platform to optometrists and ophthalmologists to strengthen an existing doctor-patient relationship by offering remote consultation.

ST. LOUIS – The American Optometric Association presented findings of a report that identified $4.6 billion in annual systemwide savings as a result of expanded optometric scope of practice.

ST. LOUIS – The national public awareness campaign, Think About Your Eyes, created 3.95 million incremental eye exams in 2018.

Physician burnout continues to garner headlines in medical literature so much so that the WHO recently added it to their international diseases handbook as an occupational hazard. The earlier that this entity is recognized by oneself and in peers, the quicker we can implement wellness programs in our workplace to help combat it. Burnout cannot be solved individually; it requires an all-hands-on-deck team effort.

The struggle clinicians face in helping their patients, performing their required paperwork and maintaining a family life, all while maintaining mental and emotional health, while not new, has grown more challenging in recent years.

A tool that researchers dubbed the “patient-report adverse drug event instrument” only identified adverse drug events in older patients in certain situations, according to findings published in Annals of Family Medicine.

In this guest commentary, Austin Chiang, MD, MPH, director of the e ndoscopic bariatric program and chief medical social media officer at Jefferson Health in Philadelphia, discusses his latest role as President and founding member of the newly established Association for Healthcare Social Media. Chiang shares the ongoing vision for the organization in addition to the reason for its conception and goals.