American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery Forms Task Force to Investigate Eyecare Model that Integrates Optometry and Ophthalmology

FAIRFAX, Va.—The American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) has formed an Integrated Ophthalmic-Managed Eyecare Delivery Task Force to investigate and recommend ways in which the organization and its membership can advance an eyecare delivery model based on a synergistic collaboration between optometry and ophthalmology.   The task force includes three representatives from ophthalmology and three from optometry.   It is chaired by ASCRS governing board member, Stephen S. Lane, MD, clinical professor at the University of Minnesota and medical director of Associated Eye Care in St. Paul, Minn.    Read the article on VMail