In this presentation, Dr Buys talks about the disease severity of open angle glaucoma at diagnosis time. Despite being a treatable condition, glaucoma is still a leading cause of blindness in Canada.
Read MoreFor more information on this topic, please listen to the podcast episode that Dr Foster and I recorded for my Talking About Glaucoma series. The link will be updated once the podcast is edited; for now, check out all my episodes of ‘Talking About Glaucoma’ on iTunes.
Read MoreDr Jinapriya starts his talk with some basics defining prevalence (total numbers in population) and incidence (new cases.) He points out that there are lots of prevalence studies from around the world but asks if we can extrapolate and apply to the Canadian population.
Read MoreThis talk dealt with the current epidemiological data on primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) including descriptive, prevalence, and incidence data, as well as the analytics, the WHY, including risk factors for incidence and progression.
Read MoreI started this site in 2009 to write about Glaucoma, Health IT (EMR, EHR), Technology and to host my podcast series "Talking About Glaucoma." There is a shortcut to this blog to make it easier to find http://iguy.tv/blog.
I am a glaucoma sub-specialized Ophthalmologist and have a full time clinical practice at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic of the Geisel School of Medicine in Hanover, NH. I have a longtime interest in the use of technology to help in medical care as well as in Education. In addition, I was a very early adopter and developer of Electronic Medical Record systems who has lectured internationally on the topic of making the transition to EMRs in daily practice.
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