BroadSpot Imaging has secured $7.5 million in Series A funding to develop its suite of low-cost, high-efficiency imaging devices and software services, according to a press release.Phoenix Venture Partners led the financing, joined by Camino Real Capit…
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Communication-and-resolution programs may avert lawsuits from medical errors
Communication-and-resolution programs that encourage clinicians to explain facts and offer apologies for the medical error in patient injury cases did not increase lawsuits and may help prevent medical malpractice litigation, according to findings published in Health Affairs.
“Despite widespread adoption of tort reforms in the United States, concerns persist about the liability system’s effects on the cost of health care and on patients and physicians involved in adverse events,” Michelle M. Mello, JD, PhD, from Stanford Law School and Stanford University School of Medicine,
Communication-and-resolution programs may avert lawsuits from medical errors
Communication-and-resolution programs that encourage clinicians to explain facts and offer apologies for the medical error in patient injury cases did not increase lawsuits and may help prevent medical malpractice litigation, according to findings published in Health Affairs.“Despite widespread adoption of tort reforms in the United States, concerns persist about the liability system’s effects on the cost of health care and on patients and physicians involved in adverse events,” Michelle M. Mello, JD, PhD, from Stanford Law School and Stanford University School of Medicine, and colleagues wrote. “In response, there has (Read more...)
Combined and sequential procedures with phaco, vitrectomy yield similar results
Surgery for idiopathic epiretinal membrane is equally effective when pars plana vitrectomy and cataract surgery are performed sequentially or in combination, according to a study. However, the authors highlighted some differences they found in the foll…
Combined and sequential procedures with phaco, vitrectomy yield similar results
Surgery for idiopathic epiretinal membrane is equally effective when pars plana vitrectomy and cataract surgery are performed sequentially or in combination, according to a study. However, the authors highlighted some differences they found in the foll…
The dos and don’ts of glued IOLs
Secondary IOL implantation is often carried out during IOL exchange surgery or for the correction of aphakia. A recent study reported that although the absolute number of secondary IOL procedures increased from 2000 to 2013, the 5-year risk for surgery…
Stricter drug compounding regulations complicate ophthalmology care
In 2012, New England Compounding Center released a batch of methylprednisolone tainted with fungus that resulted in an outbreak of fungal meningitis. After it was confirmed that the outbreak was caused by the compounded drug, the FDA imposed new regula…
Young woman referred for inferior visual field defect
A 23-year-old female preschool teacher was referred to the New England Eye Center by an outside ophthalmologist for evaluation of a new inferior visual field defect of the left eye. Over the preceding week, the patient noticed waxing and waning blurrin…
What Burning Man taught me about ophthalmic practice management
“[Burning Man] is like a cross between Vatican ceremony, Cirque du Soleil and a necro-erotic cannibal mantis mating ritual.” Bruce Sterling
“Human beings are flawed and complicated and messy.” Brit Marling
“I like messy. What fun is tidy?” Dasha Zhukova
Burning Man, an annual, temporary flash city of 70,000 splendidly artistic, variously intoxicated, citizens is coming to a fiery climax on a dry lakebed east of Reno, Nevada, as this column goes to press.
Burning Man has grown up. There were only 25,000 of us 14 years ago, the first (Read more...)
The dos and don’ts of glued IOLs
Secondary IOL implantation is often carried out during IOL exchange surgery or for the correction of aphakia. A recent study reported that although the absolute number of secondary IOL procedures increased from 2000 to 2013, the 5-year risk for surgery…
Stricter drug compounding regulations complicate ophthalmology care
In 2012, New England Compounding Center released a batch of methylprednisolone tainted with fungus that resulted in an outbreak of fungal meningitis. After it was confirmed that the outbreak was caused by the compounded drug, the FDA imposed new regula…
Young woman referred for inferior visual field defect
A 23-year-old female preschool teacher was referred to the New England Eye Center by an outside ophthalmologist for evaluation of a new inferior visual field defect of the left eye. Over the preceding week, the patient noticed waxing and waning blurrin…
What Burning Man taught me about ophthalmic practice management
“[Burning Man] is like a cross between Vatican ceremony, Cirque du Soleil and a necro-erotic cannibal mantis mating ritual.”Bruce Sterling
Specialist gives pearls on gel stent implant
The Allergan Xen gel stent is a successful attempt to combine minimal invasiveness and maximum effectiveness, according to one specialist.
“It achieves mean IOP just 1 mm Hg above the pressure benchmark of trabeculectomy, combining the efficacy of subconjunctival filtration with a minimally invasive procedure,” Ingeborg Stalmans, MD, PhD, said.
With the plethora of surgical options available today, the hardest thing is to choose which treatment is the best for individual patients, and it seems difficult to find a balance between efficacy and safety, she said.
“With most MIGS
Round table: How to handle pediatric glaucoma suspect referrals
Pediatric ophthalmologists often receive referrals, whether from optometrists or other ophthalmologists, for children with large cups, asymmetric cups and IOPs that may or may not be accurate.At a round table event convened at the American Association …
Side-cut dissection technique aids in lenticule extraction in SMILE
Small incision lenticule extraction is a newer refractive procedure that involves refractive correction by means of femtosecond laser dissection of an intrastromal lenticule that is then extracted manually. Manual extraction of this lenticule, if not p…
Round table: How to handle pediatric glaucoma suspect referrals
Pediatric ophthalmologists often receive referrals, whether from optometrists or other ophthalmologists, for children with large cups, asymmetric cups and IOPs that may or may not be accurate.At a round table event convened at the American Association …
Side-cut dissection technique aids in lenticule extraction in SMILE
Small incision lenticule extraction is a newer refractive procedure that involves refractive correction by means of femtosecond laser dissection of an intrastromal lenticule that is then extracted manually. Manual extraction of this lenticule, if not p…
Specialist gives pearls on gel stent implant
The Allergan Xen gel stent is a successful attempt to combine minimal invasiveness and maximum effectiveness, according to one specialist.“It achieves mean IOP just 1 mm Hg above the pressure benchmark of trabeculectomy, combining the efficacy of subconjunctival filtration with a minimally invasive procedure,” Ingeborg Stalmans, MD, PhD, said.
Different approaches available to determine axis of astigmatism for toric implants
Correcting astigmatism at the time of cataract surgery provides patients with improved vision; toric IOLs are an excellent option for patients with greater than 1 D of symmetric astigmatism. However, the implant must be properly aligned to provide the desired outcome. As cataract surgeons, we measure our patients in a myriad of ways — manual keratometry, optical biometry, intraoperative aberrometry, wavefront topography — but which measurement do we use as our final pick to align the toric implant? Below are comments from multiple surgeons describing their preferred approaches.