Does maximizing utilization of "resources" lead to an improved patient experience in glaucoma care?

Does maximizing utilization of "resources" lead to an improved patient experience in glaucoma care?

Whether in private practice or a hospital setting, nobody wants to be throwing money away on ancillary testing devices and staff salaries so we usually try to make sure we use our resources to their fullest. With the cost of equipment such as perimeters to perform visual field testing or Ocular Coherence Tomographers for nerve fibre layer scans in the $25-125K range, and technicians to perform the tests drawing salaries of $20-$40 per hour, you can understand why those making the purchasing and hiring decisions would not want to see any idle time. But, does maximizing utilization of resources lead to an improved patient experience in glaucoma care? You need an abundance of resources to have smooth patient flow which leads to a positive patient experience and improved staff morale.

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Imaging - a marketing pitch to patients or ancillary test used appropriately?

I posted the following on 5Mar2011 in the Members’ Only Glaucoma Blog at the American Academy of Ophthalmology Community. I am sharing it here as well to open it up for discussion with a wider audience.

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Keynote talk on the optic nerve in glaucoma

Keynote talk on the optic nerve in glaucoma

Here is a video of the slides used from the 19Feb2010 discussion with our residents at UBC on the optic nerve in glaucoma. This was designed as an interactive discussion with the residents asked to read in advance pages 47-61 of the American Academy of Ophthalmology BCSC manual on glaucoma, two references by Stephen Drance et al on the clinical appearance of the optic nerve, and a chapter in Fingeret, Flanagan, and Liebmann’s “The Essential HRT Primer” discussing progression. 

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Glaucoma Consults Round-up: Nerve fibre imaging, herbal treatments, and rule-out brain tumour!

Glaucoma Consults Round-up: Nerve fibre imaging, herbal treatments, and rule-out brain tumour!

Round up of interesting glaucoma consults from this past week discussing nerve fibre layer imaging, herbal remedies, and ruling out a brain tumour.

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