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This would, for example, help slow COVID-19 transmission rates not only for patients, but also for doctors, medical staff, and the general public, at the same time ensuring that changes in an AMD patient's eye will not go unnoticed and untreated. In September 2022, researchers in Spain1 released results of a 270-eye study of patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and the effects they experienced following the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns and related social disruptions in 2020 and 2021. [Extracted from the article]

The average capture rate for optometric practices is around 50% to 55%.[1] In our practice, we have been able to maintain over 80% capture rate for the past year despite a global pandemic and inflation. Ensure that all your patients protect their eyes from harmful UV rays, recommending photochromics and/or prescription polarized sunglasses for patients who want dark lenses behind the windshield at all times with minimal glare. For example, reiterating step 1 on prescribing the best lenses for your patient's frame: Suppose your practice is in a more rural area, and your patients work as farmers and welders. [Extracted from the article]

As eye care professionals, we can make an impact on the way patients view wellness and eye care in relation to everyday lifestyle habits. For example, if a patient complains of eye strain or eye fatigue, are you asking that patient what type of computer they use, the number of screens they work on, and their working distance?. [Extracted from the article]

We know that KC is a bilateral disease that can present asymmetrically, so it is not surprising to find early KC in the fellow asymptomatic eye of a patient undergoing cross-linking in the worse eye. If KC in the right eye manifested and progressed at a similar pace as in the left eye, this patient would likely not have gone in for an eye exam, which would have deferred the diagnosis of KC even further. Eye care providers need to look beyond visual acuity in screening for keratoconus. [Extracted from the article]

The goal of the inaugural International Keratoconus Academy (IKA) Keratoconus Symposium in Scottsdale, Arizona, was to help preserve vision. Inclusion of all eye care providers was paramount because all courses included both expert optometrists and ophthalmologists. [Extracted from the article]