ASC-11, a measure for ambulatory surgery centers to report on visual acuity outcomes 6 months after cataract surgery, was implemented on Jan. 1. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ...

New Vision Test Extends Range of Visual Acuity Measurement The Berkeley Rudimentary Vision Test (BRVT), a simplified visual task, is feasible for measuring visual acuity in patients with severe visual ...

Study results, published in JAMA Ophthalmology, showed the Home Acuity Test can be used to measure visual acuity by telephone for a wide range of outpatients with diverse conditions under the care of ...

Results from smartphone-based Snellen charts, which are eye charts used to measure visual acuity, are not consistent with results from standard Snellen visual acuity chart tests, according to a study ...

Visual acuity --- the ability to see objects in sharp detail --- was evaluated in 1,504 children aged 30 to 71 months as part of the Baltimore Pediatric Eye Disease Study, the first large, ...

Membranes in the retina and brain have a high content of DHA, a long-chain n-3 fatty acid derivative of α-linolenic acid. These fatty acids cannot be synthesized by humans and, therefore, it is ...

Three visual acuity tests taken at home produce results comparable to those achieved with standard tests taken in the office, researchers say. All the tests are free. Two measure near vision, and the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “We are excited to be developing a simple test that clinicians can use to estimate the level of vision in ...

A smartphone-based test for visual acuity is as accurate and repeatable as currently available standard visual acuity tests, according to a new study published online May 28 in JAMA Ophthalmology. The ...

Visual acuity--the ability to discern letters, numbers, and objects from a distance--is essential for many tasks, from recognizing a friend across a room to driving a car. Researchers previously ...