Reversing trends: Prediabetes to normoglycemia can lessen microvascular complication risk
Bringing prediabetic patients back to normoglycemia may lower the risk of microvascular disease, including retinopathy, years later, research claims.
2020 updates to the ICD-10 code set
Each year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's ICD-10 Coordination Committee works with stakeholders to revise and update the code set. The new ICD-10 codes go into effect on Oct. 1.
From small-town to big deal
Honoring optometric staff this Paraoptometric Week, which drives recognition of paraoptometry as a profession that hinges on the strength of paraoptometric members as well as the support of doctors of optometry and other care providers.
Vaping draws federal warnings, rebuke amid billowing health concerns
E-cigarette use—vaping—once touted as a safer alternative to cigarettes, is now under scrutiny after several deaths, while a leading company received a federal reprimand. Find out what optometry needs to know when counseling patients.
Animal instincts: Service animals vs. emotional support animals in the practice
What would you do if a patient arrived for an appointment at your optometric practice with a service animal? What if the animal is there for emotional support? A new ethics case study addresses potential [...]
3 ways to honor staff for Paraoptometric Week
The only formal observance dedicated to honor optometric practice staff is Sept. 17-21.