Preventing and managing visual disability in primary care: clinical applications

CL Goldzweig, S Rowe, NS Wenger, CH MacLean… - Jama, 2004 - jamanetwork.com
Clinicians in primary care settings are well positioned to participate in the prevention and
management of visual disability. They can have a significant impact on their patients' visual
health by screening for vision problems, aggressively controlling known risk factors for visual
loss, ensuring adherence to ophthalmologic treatment and continuity of eye care, and by
timely referral of specific patient populations to qualified eye care professionals (eg,
ophthalmologists and optometrists). Using their knowledge about common ophthalmic …