Legislative issues facing pediatric ophthalmology in 2006

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 441-446

  Ramsey, Jean E ^a,c   Bradford, Geoffrey E ^b  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b West Virginia University Eye Institute   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Advocacy; Amblyopia; Comprehensive eye exam; Legislation; Preschool; Vision screening

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; EYE INJURY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LAW; NEWBORN SCREENING; OPTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOBLASTOMA; REVIEW; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED STATES; VISION; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PEDIATRICS; VISION SCREENING;

EID: 33748260979     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.icu.0000243019.74757.20     Document Type: Review

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50. Children's vision improvement and learning readiness act of 2005, HR 2238, 109th Congress of the United States, 1st Sess. (2005). http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c109:H.R.2238. [Accessed 12 June 2006]. This federal bill is supported by optometry and would allow funds to be used for initial diagnostic comprehensive eye exams.
51. Children's access to vision act of 2005, HR 2328, 109th Congress of the Unites States, 1st Sess. (2005). http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c109:H.R. 2328. [Accessed 12 June 2006]. This federal bill is supported by ophthalmology and would allow funds to be used for follow-up treatment of children previously identified as possibly having a vision disorder.
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55. The Vision in Preschoolers Study Group. Preschool vision screening tests administered by nurse screeners compared with lay screeners in the Vision in Preschoolers Study. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2005; 46:2639-2648. This important study detailed the results of phase II of the Vision in Preschooler study in which pediatric nurses were compared with lay screeners in the administration of the best-performing vision screening tests from Vision in Preschooler phase I.