Future

The journey toward a new sustainable, government-backed value-based model for kidney disease is now in year 4 with early results showing promise for the future.

ORLANDO — While effective medications for epilepsy exist, scientific advancement requires that future gene-targeting therapies or cures benefit the largest number of patients while overcoming several barriers, according to a presentation.

LAS VEGAS — Contact lenses of the future will go beyond vision correction, a speaker from the Vision Expo West Global Contact Lens Forum said in this Healio video.

SEATTLE — Prior nonprescription antibiotic use within the last year predicted similar use in the future, according to data presented at the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America Spring Conference.

KANSAS CITY, Missouri — When imagining the future of home dialysis in the United States, innovation and policy changes are required, according to a presenter at the Annual Dialysis Conference, here.

NEW YORK — It is hoped that the future of COVID-19 vaccines for children will include simplifying the process of getting shots into their arms, CDC medical officer Sara E. Oliver, MD, MSPH, says in this video.

NEW YORK — In this Healio Video Perspective from OSN New York, Nicole R. Fram, MD, discusses the importance of posture for surgeons to avoid future neck and back issues.

Better serving patient needs was the aim of the second Industry Collaborative hosted by the New England College of Optometry in Boston, where more than 100 attendees from eye care, industry, health care, media and academia met in August.

Health care providers said they feel undervalued and unsatisfied with the current health care system, and many are considering leaving the workforce, according to Elsevier Health’s first “Clinician of the Future” report.