Video: Optometry Times® news summary 12/31/2020

For Veterans Day, this week’s recap spotlights veterans’ eye care, plus a GLP-1 label change and VR perimetry for glaucoma.

In this Q&A, Nicholas Garn, OD, discusses surgeon contracts, cost planning, and sharing surgical time at his OD-owned suite in Indiana.

The reusable moist heat mask gives ODs another at-home option for patients seeking dry eye and MGD symptom relief.

Jarett Mazzarella, OD, discusses his path to VA optometry, common eye conditions in veterans, and advice for ODs considering VA.

Raphael Rostenne walks Diana Canto-Sims, OD, through demos on EyeCarePro's AI voice agent for fielding phone calls.

Ahead of Veterans Day, Paul Barney, OD, urges optometrists to watch for combat- and trauma-related eye injuries in veterans.

Through Tenpoint Therapeutics’ new telehealth program, eligible adults with presbyopia can receive Yuvezzi at home.

The agency concluded that GLP-1 receptor agonists carry a potential increased risk of the rare optic neuropathy and is adding it to the Warnings and Precautions section of every product's label.