Patient Education

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.

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.

Healio spoke with David Andrew Sallman, MD, about the importance of increasing awareness of myelodysplastic syndrome

Inhaler technique deteriorates within 12 months of clinical instruction among patients with asthma and COPD, according to a review published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.

PARK CITY, Utah — Support is available for physicians and families dealing with food allergy, Paul Scribner, MSW, vice president of education and support programs at Food Allergy Research & Education, or FARE, told Healio.

PARK CITY, Utah — Educating caregivers and physicians alike about the early introduction of potential allergens into infant diets is key to preventing allergies among these children later in life, John M. James, MD, told Healio.