Articles
4 WAYS to Increase your Retina Practice Efficiency
The goals: less downtime, less paperwork and more time with patients.
A Guide to Effective Use of Glaucoma Imaging
We've found that these protocols produce the best clinical and practice management results.
By Robert J. Noecker, MD, MBA
at press time
The latest news, including the first FDA approval of a phakic IOL
Contrast Sensitivity: Evaluating Drug Response
It's a useful tool for measuring the efficacy of glaucoma and AMD treatments.
By David W. Evans, PhD, MBA
Genentech: A Powerful New Foe of AMD
The biotech giant is using its work in anti-VEGF as a springboard into ophthalmology.
By Jerry Helzner, contributing editor
Glaucoma Case Studies
Corneal Thickness: Does It Really Help Us Manage Patients?
By E. Randy Craven, MD
guest editorial
MOC: the ABO's Search for Relevance
IntraLASIK in Our Practice
Practical advice for surgeons adopting, or considering adopting, the femtosecond laser for flap creation.
By CHARLES C. MANGER III, M.D.
marketplace
Focus on Capsular Tension Rings
New Technology User Guide: OCT
Case Studies and Practice Patterns Illustrate the Utility of OCT in a Comprehensive and a retina Practice
By DAVID J. PALMER, M.D.
on the net
Patient education site adds new content on wavefront procedures
Preventing Post-Cataract Extraction CME
Early identification of patients at risk and prophylactic treatment may avert vision loss.
By Jeffrey S. Heier, MD
research digest
Recent studies of the performance of fluoroquinolones
spotlight - At Up to 25 Frames/Second, this Ultrasound is Ultrafast
The capability of OTI's HF35-50 to record dynamic images increases your diagnostic precision.
By Kay T. Adams, Managing
stat tracker
The Most Common Reasons for Payer Denial of Claims
Time for a Phaco Upgrade?
Today's systems offer increased control and reduced energy in the eye.
By LOU KOURY, CONTRIBUTING
Training Made Simpler with E-Learning
New online self-study programs teach the use of complex ophthalmic equipment.
By Jerry Helzner, contributing editor
viewpoint
Put the Market in Marketing
Who's to Pay for "Deluxe" IOLs?
Results of recent efforts to change Medicare reimbursement policy may be known soon.
By Rochelle Nataloni, contributing writer
Appreciating the ECP Advantage
Here's how endoscopic technology brings precision to surgical glaucoma therapy.
By Robert J. Noecker, MD, MBA
Are These Your Happy Patients?
These ECP success stories show that incorporating this technology has increased patient and surgeon satisfaction.
By Mark Packer, MD, FACS, CPI
ECP Benefits Surprise This Surgeon
Recommendations from trusted colleagues and frustrations with conventional filtration surgery brought ECP to this practice. Now, it's here to stay.
By Louis D.
ECP Enters the Mainstream
Anterior segment surgeons are discovering the advantage of combining endoscopic cyclophotocoagulation with phaco. Here's why their glaucoma patients are grateful.
By Martin Uram, M.D., M.P.H.
Medtronic Ophthalmics: Advancing OphthalmologyTM
Medtronic provides empowering medical devices for early diagnostic detection, controlled surgical outcomes and lifelong management of chronic ocular conditions. Here's an inside look at this global leader.
By Randy Mansfield, Vice
Redefining "Cyclodestructive" Techniques
Traditional procedures designed to lower IOP and aqueous production lack accuracy and are not titratable. ECP overcomes these drawbacks.
By Brian A. Francis, MD, MS