COVID-19 Pandemic and Rates of Common Ophthalmic Procedures Among Medicare Beneficiaries.

Importance: The COVID-19 pandemic has altered health care delivery, including ophthalmic care. Understanding how the pandemic has changed the rates of commonly performed ophthalmic procedures is crucial for assessing the broader implications for patient care and resource allocation.

Objective: To estimate the changes in the rates of the 10 most prevalent ophthalmic procedures among Medicare beneficiaries during the COVID-19 pandemic and to explore the geographic disparities in these shifts.

Enhancing Diversity in the Ophthalmology Workforce.

Health care teams are most effective at addressing complex problems and improving health outcomes for underserved populations when team members bring diverse life experiences and perspectives to the effort. With rates of visual impairment expected to increase in the United States by 2050, especially among minority populations, diversification of the ophthalmology workforce will be critical in reducing disparities in access to and quality of vision health care. Currently, ophthalmology is less diverse with respect to race, ethnicity, and gender than graduating medical classes and other medical specialties, as well as the general US population.

Giant choroidal nevus clinical features and natural course in 322 cases.

Purpose: Evaluation of clinical features and natural course of giant choroidal nevi (diameter >or=10 mm).

Design: Retrospective observational case series.

Participants: We included 322 eyes of 322 patients.