This activity will examine how the multiple aspects of digital health can be best utilized by health care team members to ensure continuity of the patient’s health care journey, meet care plan goals, improve patient outcomes and optimize team communication practices. The ability of virtual health care practices to enable team members to fulfill their roles in clinical decision-making and care plan implementation will be discussed. Important legal, regulatory and reimbursement considerations that pertain to digital practice integration within the health care team will be highlighted.

This activity will highlight new updates in our understanding of how diabesity develops and describe the negative physiologic effects of this disease on multiple body systems, notably the cardiovascular and renal systems. Optimal treatments for diabesity will be identified, along with an overview of the health burden of diabesity related to long-term complications and reduced function, quality of life and life expectancy. 

This activity will explore the value of PRO measures in the health system and discuss methods of optimally integrating these measures. It will discuss strategies that the health care team and health system can use to interpret and apply PRO data to add value to current care delivery practices.

This activity will focus on the evaluation and management of oculomotor symptoms associated with acquired brain injuries (ABI) due to concussion, stroke and other causes. It will discuss the battery of tests that can establish the presence of oculomotor dysfunction and will cover available treatment options, including glasses, prism glasses, therapeutic eye drops and vision therapy. The importance of a team management approach through collaboration and referrals will be stressed. After this activity, eye doctors should be comfortable evaluating patients with a history of concussion or ABI.