Optometry students have a lot of ground to cover
during their training, from ocular anatomy to
pediatric eye examinations to vision correction,
presbyopia, and age-related eye diseases. With
so many different educational components, it can be …
Author: Advanced Ocular Care
The Role of Advanced Diagnostics in Today’s Eye Care Practice
emAs the health care environment continues to change,
innovation in technology is essential to treating patients.
The use of point-of-care, evidenced-based approaches
to diagnosing patients is increasing in both optometry
and ophthalmology. …
Corneal Inlays: Current and Future Designs
The presbyopic population is large and growing:
it is expected to number 2.sup1/sup billion worldwide
by 2020.1 This group desires good uncorrected
vision at all distances, without unnecessary risks
or visual compromises.
Current…
Chief Medical Editor’s Page
Iremember the first time I had a patient come to see me based on a glowing recommendation of a previous patient. Like all of us, I felt incredibly humbled. This experience also made me pause and think of the
alternative as well. I started to wond…
Selecting and Preparing Presbyopic Patients for the Best Outcomes
For presbyopes, the seemingly sudden decline in their
ability to read or engage in other near-vision activities
without spectacles is utterly frustrating. In some,
this physical reminder of aging can even be depressing.
The Kamra corneal inlay…
What Does Your Staff Say About Your Practice?
Staff. All at once, they are our biggest challenge and
our biggest asset! So many times, we talk about
the trials associated with motivating, training, and
maintaining staff, but too often, we overlook the
incredible potential they have to tra…
We Know What You Watched Last Summer…
In the world of eye care, a doctor can measure his or
her success in dealing with a patient based on the
outcome of a treatment or intervention. Although
a patient’s care may be protracted over months or
even years, there is an opportunity a…
Exploring the Evolution of Corneal Topographers
The ability to image the corneal architecture has
enabled clinicians to more accurately fit contact
lenses and diagnose corneal pathology, and it is
a valuable tool for ensuring safe laser vision correction.
The technologies used to perform th…
Highlights from CRST’s Feature Series: The Future of Pharmaceuticals
Despite recent decreases in reimbursement, it
remains an exciting time to practice ophthalmology
thanks to innovation in pharmaceuticals
for the anterior and posterior segments, novel
drug delivery systems, ocular imaging, and minimally
invas…
EHRs: Added Value or a Drain on the System?
Electronic health records (EHRs) are hardly a new
concept in medicine. Although the history of
EHRs is hard to pin down, there are reports of
computerized hospital information systems being
implemented as early as the 1960s. It seems the real
…
OCT: Interpretation of Cross-Sectional Imaging as an Optical Biopsy
Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a noninvasive image acquisition and processing technique that uses the principles of interfer- ometry to obtain cross-sectional (B-scan) or enface (C-scan) images of biologic tissue. The use of OCT for evaluat…
The Wave of the Future
To accommodate the growing needs of my
patients and to add to the bottom line of
my ophthalmic practice, through the years,
I have diversified by adopting aesthetics
and dermatology services. Even as a resident, I had
an interest in oculoplas…
OCT Anterior Segment Imaging
The evolution of optical coherence tomography
(OCT) has made a significant impact on our
understanding of the structures of the eye, the
development of pathologies, and the impact
of therapies. Having an OCT device is fast becoming a
necessit…
Recognize the Power of Social Media
Social media is everywhere. The average person would
be challenged to go an entire day without either
using or hearing about Facebook, Twitter, Google+,
Pinterest, or many other social media platforms. The
ability to create, share, and consume…
How to Choose a Comanaging Surgeon
Regardless of your type of practice, situations
will arise when you require a surgeon’s opinion.
Hopefully, you have compiled some background
research to know who to refer to in emergent and
nonemergent medical situations. Before you start s…
Website Content: The Real SEO Strategy for Your Practice
Your eye care website is the virtual face of everything
that your practice stands for. Each page of the site
deserves to be developed with the same level of
excellence that you provide when caring for your
patients. If design and form represen…
The Best Comanagement Is Patient-Centered Care
Surgical comanagement should be a seamless integration
of the optometrist’s and ophthalmologist’s skills
and time in a way that provides patients with continuous,
high-quality care. There is a long history of
this kind of partnership in th…
Vitreous Wick Syndrome and Cystoid Macular Edema
An 85-year-old Filipino man, AL, presented to
the eye clinic for a follow-up appointment for
glaucoma. He reported being compliant with
his two current medications, travoprost 0.004%
(Travatan, Alcon Laboratories, Inc.) instilled in both eyes
…
News
Alcon Announces the US Launch of Dailies
Total 1 Water Gradient Contact Lenses
Alcon Laboratories, Inc., announced the US launch
of Dailies Total 1 water-gradient contact lenses at
the 116th Annual American Optometric Association
C…
OCT: What’s Now and What’s Next?
OCT Is Becoming Even
More Versatile
strongRobert W. Dunphy, OD/strongbr /
There have been tremendous advancements in
spectral-domain optical coherence tomography
(SD-OCT) technology during the past few years.
One trend has b…