Monday, 21 September 2009 19:18
The office is moving closer to being paperless. The hardware is ready to go. The software is now installed. Training on using the new electronic medical record software begins this week. I hope to begin using the software by October 1. Going completely paper-free will take a few more months at best.
I spent the weekend in Santa Barbara attending a Retinal Eye Disease conference. There are new medical treatments for many retinal diseases. Some facts I picked up: One out of three patients over 80 have Age related Macular Degeneration (AMD) and ten percent will become legally blind; Having cataract surgery may double the chance of AMD getting worse; The anual incidence of retinal detachment in the U.S. is 36,000; There is a new genetic test to determine your chance of developing macular degeneration.
You can now instant message with us through our web site. If you have a question ask.
I have always sent report letters to the patients physician when they have diabetes. Diabetes is a leading cause of blindness and the patients physician will want to know the status of their eyes. We now can e-mail those reports to the physician with a copy of their retinal photographs attached to it, so they can see the retina themselves. 