This week's research makes one thing clear: who someone is before they get sick — their relationships, their partner's health, the back of their eye — is doing a lot of work medicine is only beginning to account for.
Background music and multimedia exposure were associated with lower patient-reported anxiety in a quasi-experimental ophthalmology clinic study that used existing clinic audiovisual infrastructure at no additional cost.
At ARVO, Cecilia S. Lee, MD, MS, and Aaron Y. Lee, MD, MSCI, discuss barriers to AI deployment in ophthalmology, including interoperability and model development.
Study findings highlight communication barriers in ophthalmology and outline a structured framework designed to support understanding, expectation-setting, and adherence.