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Evidence-based Clinical Practice Guidelines — Due to revised standards released by the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), formerly the Institute of Medicine, in March 2011 calling for the development of trustworthy evidence-based clinical practice guidelines, the AOA Evidence-based Optometry Committee is currently revising the optometric ...
Doctors of optometry are independent primary health care providers who examine, diagnose, treat, and manage diseases and disorders of the visual system, the eye, and associated structures as well as diagnose related systemic conditions. Optometrists provide more than two-thirds of the primary eye care services in the United States.
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When a physical obstruction along the line of sight prevents the formation of a well-focused, high-contrast image on the retina, the result is form deprivation amblyopia.1 This obstruction can occur in one or both eyes and must take place before the age of 6-8
The initial diagnosis of cataract may be made by any of a number of providers, such as a primary care physician, optometrist, or ophthalmologist. The patient's decision to proceed with cataract surgery to decrease disability involves consultation with an optometrist and/or ophthalmologist.
Optometrists, through their clinical education, training, experience, and broad geographic distribution, provide primary eye and vision care for a significant portion of the American public. Optometrists are often the first health care practitioners to diagnose patients with accommodative or vergence dysfunction.
Doctors of optometry are on the frontline of eye and vision care. They examine, diagnose, treat, and manage diseases and disorders of the eye. In addition to providing eye and vision care, optometrists play a major role in an individual’s overall health and well-being by detecting systemic diseases such as diabetes and hypertension.
OPTOMETRIC CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINE. CARE OF THE PATIENT WITH AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION. Reference Guide for Clinicians. Prepared by the American Optometric Association Consensus Panel on Care of the Patient with Age-Related Macular Degeneration: Anthony A. Cavallerano, O.D., Principal Author John P. Cummings, O.D. Paul B. Freeman, O.D.
