On the HCPLive Ophthalmology page, resources on the topics of medical news and expert insight into ophthalmic disease can be found. Content includes articles, interviews, videos, podcasts, and breaking news on eye disease research, treatment, and drug development.
February 6th 2025
The January 2025 ophthalmology month in review highlights the latest from the FDA, key updates to the ophthalmic pipeline, and the latest episode of New Insight.
January 31st 2025
Why You Should Flip Your Clinic
April 8th 2016“Flip the Clinic†is an open experiment that involves breaking the traditional health care mold. Clinic flippers are using a new strategies and techniques to empower patients and engage them in their health care while maximizing time with practitioners.
5 Steps to Hire the Right Employees
March 14th 2016Even if you know what you’re doing, it can be hard to make good hires. Because doctors are trained to practice medicine, many receive little or no training in how to run a business—or how to make great hires for non-clinical positions. Here are some tried-and-true tips to help you make sure your next hire doesn’t turn into your next headache.
5 Reasons Why Quality Office Staff Benefit Your Practice
March 14th 2016The practice of medicine moves pretty fast, leaving little time for doctors to involve themselves with insurance, paperwork and office business processes. Of course, quality doctors and nurses are critical to excellent patient care. But without the right office staff, your practice could quickly be sent into a tailspin.
How to Spot a Bad Nurse Before it’s too Late
March 7th 2016In my last post, I discussed the characteristics that good nurses possess that enable them to make a positive impact on a patient’s care experience. Unfortunately, bad nurses can make a significant negative impact on patient care—sometimes even more profoundly.
Diabetic Macular Edema Drugs Compared
Overall, three drugs available to treat diabetic macular edema all did a good job, researchers found in a national clinical trial. One costs $60 per injection, the others cost over $1,200 and $1,850. But the most expensive one did best in a subset of patients.
Eye Bank Tissue Can Harbor Pathogens
Eye banks are generally thought to be a safe place to get tissue for corneal transplant. But a New Hampshire team reporting at ID Week 2015 in San Diego, CA said they found two post-operative candida infections in corneal transplant recipients .
What Can Retinal Abnormalities Tell Us About Major Depressive Disorder?
A recent study showed that retinal abnormalities detected through objective electrophysiological measurements may help identify the pathogenesis of major depressive disorder and possibly other psychological conditions.
Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis at Higher Risk for Uveitis
Researchers found that not only are patients with psoriasis or psoriatic arthritis at higher risk for uveitis, the association is bidirectional: patients with uveitis are at increased risk for psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis
Researchers Look to Stem Cells for Diabetic Blindness Treatment
Patients with diabetes face a variety of health challenges as a result of their condition, including diabetic blindness. A team of researchers at the University of Virginia is working with stem cells to try and prevent loss of vision in these patients due to diabetic retinopathy.
Patients with Parkinson's Disease Have Worse Eyesight than Healthy Patients
Parkinson's disease patients (PD) have significantly worse vision for low contrast images at close and far distances, according to findings published in the Journal of Parkinson's Disease. At far distances, the PD patients had deficient abilities viewing high contrast images, too.
Medicare Millionaires: CMS Releases its Annual Doctor Payment Data
Physicians' total annual Medicare part B fee-for-service payment data for 2013 was released by CMS today. The American Medical Association fears a replay of last year's release when many physicians appeared, inaccurately, to be getting very rich from Medicare payments.