DigiSight Technologies

DigiSight Technologies announced at OIS@AAO 2015 that it was launching its Paxos product suite that combines its mobile vision assessment tool, ophthalmic imaging system and analytics software into a vertically integrated data management system. “When you put these devices into patients’ homes, for the first time you can access the vast majority of patient data…

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MDbackline

MDbackline has developed a cloud-based, secure, online software that automates physician contact with patients outside of the office and can work with any electronic health records (EHR) system, founder John Hovanesian, MD, reported at OIS@AAO 2015. The system allows patients to submit questions to doctors electronically via tablet, phone or computer, allows doctors to provide…

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Ophthalmic Innovation 2015 – “A View from the AAO”

Participant: David Parke, MD II Dr. Parke is CEO of the American Academy of Ophthalmology. Prior to assuming this role, Dr. Parke served as president and CEO of the Dean McGee Eye Institute and Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Oklahoma. View Full Profile

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CMS Opens Sunshine Act Review

Physicians have 45 days to review and dispute payments from industry. The Ophthalmology Innovation Summit opening on Thursday is clear evidence of the advances that can come with clinicians and industry working together. But such cooperation comes with oversight. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has opened its Open Pay-ments system to allow…

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AppVisit

AppMedicine Inc. Founder Harvey Fishman, MD, PhD believes that technology will change medicine, much as it has changed other brick-and-mortar businesses. He explained that his company’s AppVisit is a flexible, cross-platform (iOS, Android, web) solution that can be integrated with EHR systems for appointment reminders and secure messaging. It also enables secure, virtual “e-visits” that…

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A View From The AAO – Ophthalmic Innovation in 2014

Speaking at the recent OIS@AAO meeting, American Academy of Ophthalmology EVP and CEO David W. Parke II, MD, highlighted health care system integration forces that are aggregating physicians into larger groups, encouraging hospital mergers, and accelerating physician employment. Much of the consolidation is happening as part of the push towards accountable care organizations (ACOs). About…

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AAO Sees Good and Bad in Consolidation

Speaking at the recent OIS@AAO meeting, American Academy of Ophthalmology EVP and CEO David W. Parke II, MD, highlighted health care system integration forces that are aggregating physicians into larger groups, encouraging hospital mergers, and accelerating physician employment. Much of the consolidation is happening as part of the push towards accountable care organizations (ACOs). About…

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Ophthalmic Innovation 2013 – “A View from the AAO”

David Parke, CEO for the American Academy of Ophthalmology, speaks to the audience of the 5th Annual Ophthalmology Innovation Summit @ AAO, about the importance, benefits and overall successes surrounding the use of clinical registries, namely the IRIS Registry. Highlighting the value proposition for ophthalmologists, David shares the Academy’s hope for the registry to reduce…

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