Patient Education

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Virtual coaching improved symptoms among patients who identified as Black with very poorly controlled asthma, according to a poster at the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Scientific Meeting.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Utilizing technology and patient education are strategies that can maintain a drug allergy de-label, Allison C. Ramsey, MD, FACAAI, said at the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Scientific Meeting.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Physicians can use Instagram to connect with patients and provide accurate and valuable information, according to a poster presented at the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Scientific Meeting.

College graduates may have lower CV risk in middle and older age compared with individuals who did not complete college or high school earlier in life, researchers reported.

There was a disconnect between allergists and patients in their perceptions of shared decision-making, according to a survey published in World Allergy Organization Journal.

NEW ORLEANS — The World Council of Optometry has teamed up with WHO to support SPECS 2030, a global effort to increase access to refractive error services.

Online patient education materials about statins often exceed the reading level of many patients, and reliability varies widely across sources, complicating efforts to improve medication initiation and adherence, researchers reported.

LAS VEGAS — A new Johnson & Johnson Vision campaign is promoting the importance of eye health by sharing real-life stories of patients, Carla Calizaire, the company’s vice president of sales for North American vision care, told Healio.

With more than 30 years of advocacy in allergy and asthma, Lynda Mitchell, MA, CAE, is optimistic as she takes the reins as CEO of Allergy & Asthma Network.

CHICAGO — In medicine, a patient’s lived experience can often be dismissed, but a physician’s lived experience and storytelling could provide needed context and make health care education more accessible, according to a speaker.