Engaging medical assistants to perform common tasks integral to cataract surgery could reduce personnel costs and optimize efficiency.
In a poster presented at Real World Ophthalmology, Mary-Grace Reeves, MD, MBA, and co-authors examined the extent to which medical assistants in U.S. ophthalmic surgical practices are allowed to perform specific tasks according to the regulations governing their profession in individual states.
Seven central tasks in cataract surgery care were defined, including collecting preliminary medical information, taking patients’ vital signs, administering eye