CDI Main Link
Clinical Data Integration Project
Integration of Eye Care, Primary Care,
and Chronic Illness Care
Other Pages:
2. Page 2: Overcoming Barriers:
Introducing the “Guerrilla Eye Service,” Evan L Waxman MD PhD. See: CDI2
3. Page 3: Resources and References,
Interrelationships between Eye Care, Primary Care, Chronic Illness Care;
Disparities in Care. See: CDI3
4. Page 4: Areas of care where we
have not yet achieved optimal use of 21st Century diagnosis of eye conditions
and symptoms detectable through examination of the eyes and associated
structures in primary care and chronic illness care. See: CDI4
5. Page 5: Ways in which
communication procedures among ophthalmologists and other providers could be
improved (e.g. screenings and follow-up; having all relevant information from
other providers accessible when screening or treating patients). See: CDI5
6. Page 6: Ways in which EHR software
can better serve the practice of ophthalmology and the health of its patients.
See: CDI6
7. Page 7: Health care reform
strategies. See: CDI7
With Medicaid consuming an
ever-increasing share of state budgets, states are beginning to request and
receive federal approval to make the major changes to their Medicaid programs
permitted under the 2005 Deficit Reduction Act, signed by President Bush in
February. At press time, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (
Vision cuts in Michigan: Vision
services, including routine exams, eyeglasses and contact lenses, are no longer
covered. Only services for eye trauma and eye disease are covered. See: http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2009/07/doctors_fear_gov_jennifer_gran.html
State policies, see http://www.stateline.org/live/details/story?contentId=362497
Updated: October
1, 2009
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