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Ophthalmology is a branch of science that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of ophthalmic (eye) disorders. Optometry equipment are used to monitor, diagnose, and prevent ophthalmic disorders such as glaucoma and cataract. They include a set of equipment used for retina and glaucoma examination, cornea and cataract examination, as well as for general examination. These equipment include wavefront aberrometers, specular microscopes, ophthalmoscopes, autorefractors and keratometers, fundus cameras, visual field analyzers, retinoscopes, and among others. Cataract surgery is one of the most common surgical procedures performed in Germany, where around 700,000 people undergo cataract surgery every year. Cataract surgery is a procedure to replace the lens of the eye with an artificial one. Whereas, glaucoma is one of the leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide. In Mexico, around 854,000 people have glaucoma in their eyes. Moreover, the phoropter is one of the basic equipment used by optometrists to measure the refractive error and determine the patient's eyeglass numbers. Optometry equipment are designed to prevent potential eye damage, disease, or injuries. Read More @ https://coherentmarketinsights-cmi.blogspot.com/2020/11/simple-guide-to-most-common-optometry.html

A lot of claims are made about the positive effects of supplements on vision and eye health, but very few research studies support these claims. Eye health supplements contain vitamins and other nutrients that are beneficial for maintaining eye health and good vision. These supplements are designed to add to nutrients, not replace. Eye health supplements are also consumed to nullify the impact of infections and eye diseases. Cataract affects more than 24.4 million people (age 40 and older) in the United States or about one in every six people in this age range. While, in Italy, there has been a 10% annual increase in cataract surgery procedures. In 2017, around 1,130 individuals out of 100,000 were suffering from cataracts in Italy. Read More @ https://coherentmarketinsights-cmi.blogspot.com/2021/01/eye-health-supplements-help-slow-or.html

Overview: The idea of providing health care treatments and insurance coverage according to "medical necessity" determinations seems eminently reasonable. Its obvious ethical thrust is to discourage unnecessary, wasteful or fraudulent practices. As practically implemented, however, "medical necessity" regulations and determinations have proven remarkably controversial and elusive. First of all, the language connected with medical necessity is inherently vague. Language to the effect that a treatment is medically necessary if it is "likely to achieve a significant practical improvement," is "realistic," or "reasonable" will predictably cause disputes between payors and providers of care. Second, the persistence of these disputes calls into question whether evidence based practices have evolved to a point where they are all that reliable and useful. Third, medical necessity determinations incur problems as to who should ultimately make them: payors, health providers or the courts. Obviously, whoever controls the definition of medical necessity controls the flow of health care dollars. While ethical theory can offer important insights about our moral obligations, it remains unable to reliably translate its theoretical principles and rules bearing on harms, benefits and justice into informing medical necessity determinations. Thus, resolving disputes over medical necessity have taken a procedural approach that looks to the interpretation of contractual language in insurance policies, often at the bench of an administrative law judge. This presentation will advance a reasonable set of strategies whereby a convincing case can be made for certain care interventions qualifying as "reasonable and necessary." Why should you Attend: Despite their central importance as a locus for determining reimbursement, "medical necessity" regulations and determinations have proven remarkably controversial and vexing for at least the last 20 years. Yet, whoever controls the definition

Overview:  Emotionally difficult or painful conversations are very common in health care. Consequently, it is quite remarkable that health care training programs do not spend more time teaching future health professionals the kinds of emotional and relational skills that are often required in these kinds of patient-provider interactions. This presentation will discuss the architecture of the painful conversation by examining : Its effect on the professional's sense of self and especially his or her need to preserve self-esteem The critical role of feelings and emotions, and The nature and value of empathy. The latter half of the presentation will consist of various strategic and practical recommendations so that emotionally challenging conversations might be conducted artfully, especially with "difficult" or "impossible" patients. Areas Covered in the Session: By the end of this presentation, learners will be able to: Relate the painful conversation to their construction of their professional "self"; Explain how an ability to control one's feelings can influence the success or failure of an emotionally difficult conversation; List a number of empathic responses that are useful in conducting difficult conversations Who Will Benefit: Any health professional who has to communicate with others. Speaker Profile John D. Banja is a Professor in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine and a medical ethicist at the Center for Ethics at Emory University. He also directs the Section on Ethics for the Atlanta Clinical and Translational Science Institute at Emory. Dr. Banja received a doctorate degree in philosophy from Fordham University in New York and has taught and lectured on topics in medical ethics throughout the United States. He has authored or coauthored over 200 publications and has delivered over 800 invited presentations at regional, national, and international conferences. He currently serves as the Editor of the American Journal

Tonometers, also known as hand-pieces, are mechanical devices that measure eye pressure and the flow of fluid through the cornea, lens and retina. They play an important role in various fields of medicine such as ophthalmology, optometry, clinical measurements, and medical lasers. The most common use of a tonometer is for measuring intraocular pressure or the pressure of the fluid within the eye, which occurs during normal vision. Other uses include in the diagnosis and treatment of certain eye diseases, for obtaining an accurate reading of the pressure of tears during the night, and to prevent or detect possible internal bleeding or infections in the eye. Tonometry is a diagnostic test primarily used to detect glaucoma, one of the leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide. Increasing incidence or prevalence of chronic eye diseases such as glaucoma is expected to propel the tonometers market growth. For instance, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 3 million people in the United States have glaucoma. It is the second leading cause of blindness worldwide after cataract. Around 50% of people with glaucoma don't know they have the disease. Read more @ https://coherentmarketinsights-blog.blogspot.com/2021/01/increasing-prevalence-of-chronic-eye.html