Patient Empowerment

LAS VEGAS — From the front desk to the dispensary, eye care practice staff should work together to support patients as they embark on contact lens wear, optician Jennifer Seymour Brusven said at Vision Expo West.

ATLANTA — New results from the TACTiC trial show the promise of technology to help individuals appropriately determine if they qualify for statin therapy without a prescription.

In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with Christina Gomez, MD, about the power of patients’ voices, finding joy in physicians' work-life balance and more.

ATLANTA — Offering an alternative contact lens option may help patients who had discontinued lens wear be comfortably refit, according to research published in Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics.

In-office procedures are an integral part of modern dry eye disease management for general practices and specialty clinics alike.

NEW ORLEANS — Talking to patients about their eligibility for contact lenses can help them explore options for improved vision, according to a speaker at Academy ’23.

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.

Approximately half of all guidelines published by three major CV societies during the past decade mention “shared decision-making,” yet just 6% of recommendations incorporated shared decision-making in any form, researchers reported.

In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with the Patient Empowerment Network’s Tracy Rode about providing patients with tools for advocacy, developing accessible patient resources and more.

Most teens and young adults with advanced heart disease prefer patient-led, active decision-making to discuss treatment risks, prognosis and end-of-life care, whereas caregivers prefer parent/physician shared decision-making, data show.