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EyeNet Magazine

/ June 2016

June 2016

Teleophthalmology: Ready for Prime Time?

This month’s feature discusses telemedicine and its potential to transform all aspects of ophthalmic practice, including training, licensure, and reimbursement.

The June CME supplement from MedEdicus can be found here: Improving Your Odds for Excellent Cataract and Refractive Outcomes: Case Discussions From a Day in the Life of an Ophthalmic Surgeon.

Be sure to check out EyeNet’s mobile-optimized digital edition—all the benefits of the print edition, plus digital enhancements.

Ophthalmic Pearls

Endogenous Endophthalmitis: Diagnosis and Treatment

Written By: Faith Birnbaum, MD, and Gaurav Gupta, MD, MBA
Edited by Sharon Fekrat, MD, and Ingrid U. Scott, MD, MPH

Diagnostic workup and management options for this potentially devastating intraocular infection.

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Clinical Update

Glaucoma Genetics: When Is Testing Warranted?

Written By: Mary Wade, Contributing Writer, interviewing Wallace L. Alward, MD, John H. Fingert, MD, PhD, and Janey L. Wiggs, MD, PhD

When is testing warranted? An overview of this rapidly evolving field.

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CRAO: Harbinger of Ischemic Stroke

Written By: Annie Stuart, Contributing Writer, interviewing Andrew G. Lee, MD, Marc H. Levin, MD, PhD, and Neil R. Miller, MD

Emergency! Acute CRAO can be a harbinger of ischemic stroke and calls for an urgent systemic workup.

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Morning Rounds

The Nun With “Black Dust” in Her Eyes

Written By: Lucy Y. Zhang, MD, and Seth W. Meskin, MD
Edited by Steven J. Gedde, MD

The 29-year-old could see a sprinkling of specks in her conjunctiva. She felt no pain, and her vision seemed fine.

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Blink

Relapsing Polychondritis

Written By: Idean Nikrooyan, MD, and Kenn A. Freedman, MD, Texas Tech University Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Lubbock, Texas
Photos by Dr. Nikrooyan

A 43-year-old man returned to the ER after his (mistaken) case of Ramsay Hunt syndrome, also known as herpes zoster oticus, failed to improve with oral acyclovir.

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Journal Highlights

Ophthalmology

Immunologic rejection episodes after stopping topical corticosteroids in DMEK. Genetic and dietary factors in progression of nuclear cataracts. Geographic variation in anti-VEGF injection rates and medicare payments.

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American Journal of Ophthalmology

Driving performance of patients with bilateral glaucoma. Photodynamic therapy to inhibit MRSA keratitis isolates. Refusal of surgical treatment for the fellow eye in CIGTS.

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JAMA Ophthalmology

Ocular findings in infants with presumed Zika virus infection. Outdoor ozone air pollution and dry eye disease in South Korea.

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Other Journals

Clinical disc margin and Bruch’s membrane opening in normal and glaucoma subjects. Modified canaloplasty: A new option for patients with a disrupted Schlemm canal wall. Retinal thickness and risk of worsening disability in MS.

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News in Review

Novel Method for Lens Regeneration

Researchers regenerate the lens in infants with congenital cataracts.

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Chinese American Eye Study

Findings from a major study of eye disease in Chinese Americans.

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Phakic IOL: 10-Year Safety Data

10-year results: outcomes and cataract rates with phakic IOLs.

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HZO: A Painful Problem

New data probe the risks for and rate of recurrence in ocular herpes zoster.

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Academy Notebook

News, Tips, Resources

2016 Mid-Year Forum: MIPS and APMs; IRIS Registry; and public reporting of physician data. D.C. Report: Gearing up for MACRA.

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Destination AAO

Get Ready for Chicago

In each issue leading up to AAO 2016, EyeNet will provide you with the information you’ll need to hit the ground running when you arrive in Chicago—including a heads-up on deadlines, event previews, interviews, sneak peeks, and more.

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Practice Perfect

The OpenNotes Movement—Why Doctors Are Sharing Clinical Notes With Patients

Written By: Linda Roach, Contributing Writer, interviewing Hans K. Bruhn, MHS, Katherine A. Lee, MD, PhD, Thomas A. Oetting, MS, MD, and Susan S. Woods, MD, MPH

Just when you’ve gotten used to EHRs, now comes another idea that could transform the role of documentation in medical practices: giving patients open access to clinical notes.

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Savvy Coder

Three Questions That Have Unpopular Answers

Written By: Sue Vicchrilli, COT, OCS, Academy Director of Coding and Reimbursement

What’s your protocol for upfront fee collection, CMS 1500, and ABNs?

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Opinion

How to Avoid Death by a Thousand Cuts

Ruth D. Williams, MD, Chief Medical Editor, on recent reimbursement decreases.

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Current Perspective

The Changing Eye Care Workforce

David W. Parke II, MD, CEO, on understanding physician workforce statistics.

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Letters

Thoughts From Your Colleagues

An in-flight insulin emergency. Another method for entropion repair.

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