EyeWorld Asia-Pacific March 2012 Issue

58 EW NEWS & OPINION March 2012 introduce themselves and their practice to patients, provide patient education, provide up-to-date information about the practice, and offer convenient appointment scheduling. Ophthalmology apps, online videos, and private listservs provide mountains of information that used to exist only in textbooks and real-life discussions between physicians. “You’re never more than a few keystrokes away from current information, recommendations, or being able to refresh your memory on uncommon conditions or things that you may not have encountered personally for a period of time,” Dr. Vukich said. What it means for ophthalmol- ogy “I think there are a lot of advantages to this. I think we’re getting more consistency in outcomes, fewer complications, and better results,” said Richard A. Lewis, MD, Sacramento, Calif., USA. “I think it will make us better doctors, we will have a clearer understanding of how the patients are doing, and we are going to do better surgery because of the refinement that will be possible with this software,” said Reay H. Brown, MD, clinical professor, Emory University, Atlanta, Ga., USA, and president, Atlanta Ophthalmology Associates, Atlanta, Ga., USA. It will also improve the convergence of techniques so that in the past where surgeons might have said, “In my hands …” and go on to describe a way of doing things that they found to be successful in their surgeries, in the future, what is going to work well is going to be something that works for everyone; there will be best practices that everyone should be adopting and software that is going to incorporate these best practices, New EyeWorld edition launches in Korea Dr. Brown said. Dr. Slade believes the software revolution is just getting started. “I think one area that we haven’t even begun to look at is software simulations,” he said. Instead of explaining to patients about the different IOLs available, Dr. Slade envisions patients will be able to take a virtual look at a particular outcome. According to Dr. Radcliffe, “The software solutions in EMR will ultimately determine not just how quickly we can see patients but how complete of a picture we can have with every visit so that these graphical user interfaces that are generated by electronic medical records and by the image presentation programs can facilitate the patient visit.” He continued, “I expect this to be the most meaningful area of development, and it will allow doctors to communicate better with their patients by sharing imaging studies with patients during the encounter. It can also allow physicians to communicate better with each other, and this is the area I think where we’ll see the biggest growth and where software enhancements will pave the way to better care.” EW Editors’ note: Drs. Brown, Lane, Lewis, Slade, and Vukich have no financial interests related to their comments. Mr. Forchette is president and CEO of OptiMedica. Dr. Radcliffe has financial interests with Carl Zeiss Meditec. Contact information Brown: 404-252-1194, reaymary@comcast.net Forchette: mforchette@optimedica.com Lane: sslane@associatedeyecare.com Lewis: 916-649-1515, rlewiseyemd@yahoo.com Radcliffe: 646- 962-2020, drradcliffe@gmail.com Slade: sgs@visiontexas.com Vukich: 608-282-2000, javukich@facstaff.wisc.edu A t the APACRS meeting in Seoul, EyeWorld launched its newest venture—a Korean language edition of EyeWorld Asia-Pacific . “Korea is a dynamic and technologically advanced country, which makes EyeWorld a perfect fit there,” said Donald R. Long , global publisher of EyeWorld . APACRS president Graham Barrett, MD , said the society was looking for another way to communicate with Korean members on a regular basis. “We thought, ‘Wouldn’t it be fantastic to do that through the media?’” he said. There will be an exchange of information from sister EyeWorld publications, especially the Asia-Pacific and American editions, Prof. Barrett said. “It will be a lovely transfer in both directions,” he said. “It’s a great conduit for information to these different regions.” Currently there are three regional Asia-Pacific editions— the main Asia-Pacific magazine, an English-language India edition, and a China edition, which is translated into Chinese. More than 22,000 copies are sent to ophthalmologists throughout the Asia-Pacific region. “It’s a natural progression to a model and structure that has already proved to be viable,” Prof. Barrett said. Initially, the quarterly magazine will be sent to about 2,000 ophthalmologists in Korea and will gradually increase to about 4,000 in 6 months. The Korean Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery will maintain a presence in the magazine, especially with region-specific content and an editorial from the regional editor-in-chief. “It’s a wonderful medium for the local society to communicate with its members,” Prof. Barrett said. Chul Young Choi, MD , is the managing editor, and Hungwon Tchah, MD , is the regional editor-in-chief. “It is a great honor to have the opportunity to publish the Korean edition of EyeWorld Asia-Pacific ,” Dr. Choi said. 인공수정체의 선택 Feature : IOL selection 다음세대의 조절인공수정체 : update Next-generationaccommodating IOLs — Page 10 대토론 : 단초점 렌즈와 다중초점 렌즈 Thegreatdebate — Page 14 난시 환자들에게 난시교정 인공수정체을 추천하는 최근 연구 Toric IOLs forastigmatismpatients — Page 16 모의실험에서의 Blue light-filtering lens 사용시 감소된 사고위험 Blue light-filtering in simulator — Page 18 각막수술의 최신 지견 Update With specialupdates in cornea surgery VOL. 1,Number 1 October 2011 www.APACRS.org The Asia-Pacific Association of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons 선택이론 Theories of Selection 백내장 환자에서 인공수정체 선택의 변천사 Chronicling the evolutionof IOL choices for cataractpatients EyeWorld Asia-Pacific Edition For distribution to Ophthalmologists in Korea 2011 년 10 월 , EyeWorld ( 아이월드 ) 한국어판 첫 발행 ! Licensed Publication The software - from page 57