Before implementing a telehealth program, it is important to know what problem needs to be solved and to have a concrete goal to achieve.“The ‘why’ is really important,” April Maa, MD, said at the American Glaucoma Society meeting.Once the goal is clea…
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VIDEO: Open workshops gather ideas for ESCRS surgery guidelines
FRANKFURT, Germany — In this Healio Video Perspective, Filomena Ribeiro, MD, PhD, ESCRS president, discusses open workshops organized to gather ideas and criteria for new cataract surgery and refractive surgery guidelines.It is difficult to have a high…
ELZA epi-on cross-linking protocol shows comparable efficacy to 10-minute epi-off
FRANKFURT, Germany — The ELZA epi-on corneal cross-linking protocol provides biomechanical stiffening comparable to epi-off CXL, without iontophoresis or additional oxygen, in the office at the slit lamp.“The reason we all want a functioning and well-d…
Wiley Chambers, MD, retires from FDA, will serve as ophthalmic consultant
On the morning of Saturday, Jan. 13, Wiley Chambers, MD, drove to his Center for Drug Evaluation and Research office at the FDA.This was to be the last day of his extraordinary 36-year career at the FDA. He continued to work on pending reviews, cleaned…
What is one thing ophthalmologists can do to make their practice more sustainable?
Click here to read the cover story, “EyeSustain focuses on sustainability solutions with widespread agreement”The most important thing that people can do to make their practice more sustainable is to educate themselves and members of their team.The Eye…
Technological innovations coming for ocular surgery
Oftentimes, the younger generation has insight into the future of our field, especially when it comes to incorporating new technological advances.In this column, Aarun Devgan explores three innovations that are rapidly integrating high tech with ophtha…
Older man referred for persistent bilateral optic disc swelling
A 77-year-old man was referred to the neuro-ophthalmology clinic at Tufts/New England Eye Center for bilateral optic nerve swelling.Six months prior, the patient had reportedly sought evaluation from an outside neuro-ophthalmologist due to intermittent…
EyeSustain focuses on sustainability solutions with widespread agreement
When she started a career in medicine, Emily M. Schehlein, MD, wanted to make an impact.While she has helped a lot of people in her practice, she felt like she could do more. That is how she got involved with EyeSustain, the multi-society initiative to…
Eye care providers should pledge to support EyeSustain
Healio | OSN discussed the role of ophthalmology in climate change, plastic pollution, and our individual and professional carbon footprints in the Aug. 10, 2022, issue.I wrote a perspective titled “Ophthalmologists can make professional, personal chan…
Elimination of eye patch using diffusion improves visual field testing
We found that current opaque eye patches can cause 18 problems during visual field testing.Most unusual was repetitive blackout of vision in the tested eye from the difference in illumination between the two eyes, called the Ganzfeld effect. When this …
Compounded drugs an option for severe dry eye
There are many different types of dry eye disease clinics in North America. No matter what type of practice you might have, it is highly likely that practicing your subspecialty became measurably easier in 2023.Whether you treat dry eye disease (DED) a…
PALADIN study: Navigating IOP-lowering surgery in DME patients for optimal outcomes
In the dynamic landscape of diabetic macular edema management, the PALADIN study continues to offer helpful insights into the outcomes of IOP-lowering surgery after treatment with Iluvien.The comprehensive 3-year phase 4 study with 202 eyes of 159 pati…
CDC outlines six steps hospitals can take to address burnout
The CDC published a guide that hospitals can use to reduce the risk for burnout among health care staff.Burnout has long been an issue among health care workers in the United States. In 2022, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy, MD, MBA, said addressi…
VIDEO: New developments make ReLEx more competitive in refractive surgery
FRANKFURT, Germany — In this Healio Video Perspective from the ESCRS winter meeting, Béatrice Cochener-Lamard, MD, PhD, discusses an increasing brighter future for lenticular surgery, now called ReLEx.“We are moving from SMILE to all the new platforms,…
Keratoplasty plus cross-linking may be efficacious in progressive keratoconus
FRANKFURT, Germany — Intrastromal lamellar keratoplasty combined with collagen cross-linking enhances the tectonic stability and biomechanical strength of keratoconic corneas while flattening the cornea and improving visual acuity.“We can use this as a…
VIDEO: Live from Telling It Like It Is: The best of Cataract Coach, part two
TAMPA, Fla. — In part two of this expert panel from Telling It Like It Is, Uday Devgan, MD, and co-panelists continue to break down complex cataract surgery cases and share pearls for working through complications.Devgan and panelists Larry P. Berstein…
OCT guidance may help improve detection of visual field worsening
Measuring a specific area of visual field over time with OCT guidance improved detection of visual field worsening, particularly in less severe cases of glaucoma, according to a speaker.“Our hypothesis here was that if we use a baseline OCT scan to inf…
CAIRS shows more corneal flattening when performed before cross-linking
FRANKFURT, Germany — Corneal allogenic intrastromal ring segment implantation has more flattening effect on the cone when performed in corneas that have not previously undergone corneal cross-linking, according to a study.“This is arguably due to the s…
VIDEO: Capsular tension rings a valuable safety net for cataract surgeons
WAILEA, Hawaii — In this Healio Video Perspective from Hawaiian Eye 2024, Richard S. Davidson, MD, discusses capsular tension rings.Davidson said capsular tension rings (CTRs) can be a valuable safety net during cataract surgery to help make a difficul…
Childhood ‘lazy eye’ may be tied to future cardiometabolic risk
Childhood amblyopia, or “lazy eye,” was associated with increased likelihood of cardiometabolic risk factors in adulthood and a potential for increased risk for heart attack and death, researchers reported.The data did not show any causal relationship …