2022
Where Do Real-Time Prescription Benefit Tools Fit in the Landscape of High US Prescription Medication Costs? A Narrative Review
Wong R, Mehta T, Very B, Luo J, Feterik K, Crotty B, Epstein J, Fliotsos M, Kashyap N, Smith E, Woreta F, Schwartz J. Where Do Real-Time Prescription Benefit Tools Fit in the Landscape of High US Prescription Medication Costs? A Narrative Review. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2022, 38: 1038-1045. PMID: 36441366, PMCID: PMC10039141, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-022-07945-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMedication costsElectronic clinical decision support toolPocket medication costsPrescription medication costsPoor patient adherenceWorse clinical outcomesClinical decision support toolUS healthcare costsPocket cost informationElectronic health recordsPharmacologic treatmentClinical outcomesPatient adherencePrescription medicationsHealthcare costsPatientsNarrative reviewHealth systemMedicaid ServicesLimited evidenceHealth recordsHealthcare systemFinancial burdenAdherenceMultiple factorsGlobal Current Practice Patterns for the Management of Exogenous Endophthalmitis: A Survey by the American Society of Ophthalmic Trauma
Wakabayashi T, Miller SC, Patel SN, Fliotsos MJ, Justin GA, Agrawal R, Chen A, Hoskin AK, Blanch R, Cavuoto K, Meeralakshmi P, Ascarza A, Chen RWS, Colyer M, Woreta FA, Yonekawa Y. Global Current Practice Patterns for the Management of Exogenous Endophthalmitis: A Survey by the American Society of Ophthalmic Trauma. Current Eye Research 2022, 47: 802-808. PMID: 34886727, DOI: 10.1080/02713683.2021.2016857.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExogenous endophthalmitisGlobal practice patternsPractice patternsOral antibioticsSurgical indicationsOphthalmic traumaCurrent practice patternsEvidence-based guidelinesCross-sectional studyAmerican SocietyInternational GlobeIntravitreal steroidsIntravitreal vancomycinMedical therapyPreferred agentVisual acuityVitreous tapStudy groupEndophthalmitisTrauma SocietyUniform guidancePatientsTraumaAntibioticsIndications
2021
Use of Teleophthalmology for Evaluation of Ophthalmic Emergencies by Ophthalmology Residents in the Emergency Department
Shah YS, Fliotsos MJ, Alaqeel A, Boland MV, Zafar S, Srikumaran D, Woreta FA. Use of Teleophthalmology for Evaluation of Ophthalmic Emergencies by Ophthalmology Residents in the Emergency Department. Telemedicine Journal And E-Health 2021, 28: 858-864. PMID: 34619063, DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2021.0334.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmergency departmentOphthalmology residentsUse of teleophthalmologyRetrospective chart reviewVisual field defectsBurden of patientsFirst-year ophthalmology residentsOptical coherence tomographyElectronic health recordsTrauma workupChart reviewPatient characteristicsED settingOphthalmic emergencyField defectsFundus photosOphthalmologist's diagnosisPatient encountersPatientsCoherence tomographyHealth recordsMajority of residentsPapilledemaTelemedicine servicesTeleophthalmologyGlobal Current Practice Patterns for the Management of Open Globe Injuries
Miller SC, Fliotsos MJ, Justin GA, Yonekawa Y, Chen A, Hoskin AK, Blanch RJ, Cavuoto K, Meeralakshmi P, Low R, Gardiner M, Liu TYA, Agrawal R, Woreta FA, Study I. Global Current Practice Patterns for the Management of Open Globe Injuries. American Journal Of Ophthalmology 2021, 234: 259-273. PMID: 34416182, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2021.08.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOpen globe injuriesGlobe injuriesCurrent practice patternsSystemic antibioticsPractice patternsEvidence-based international guidelinesPostoperative systemic antibioticsPreoperative systemic antibioticsPreoperative topical antibioticsCross-sectional surveyTopical steroidsTopical antibioticsMedication choiceSurgical repairTrauma centerEmergency departmentOphthalmic antibioticsTrauma volumeInternational guidelinesInjuryAntibioticsPatientsSteroidsAreas of variationRepair