Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital Archives - Insight Presented by Prime Creative Media Fri, 11 Mar 2022 04:56:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.insightnews.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/cropped-Insight-favicon-32x32.png Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital Archives - Insight 32 32 Eye and Ear Hospital leads the way to reduce medicine-related admissions https://www.insightnews.com.au/eye-and-ear-hospital-leads-the-way-to-reduce-medicine-related-admissions/ Fri, 11 Mar 2022 04:56:40 +0000 https://www.insightnews.com.au/?p=26024
L – R: Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital (RVEEH) CEO Brendon Gardner, Australian Digital Health Agency CEO Amanda Cattermole and Chief Digital Health Officer Neville Board, and RVEEH’s Acting Director of Pharmacy Ivy Tan and Director Digital Health Jeanette Anderson. Image: RVEEH

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L – R: Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital (RVEEH) CEO Brendon Gardner, Australian Digital Health Agency CEO Amanda Cattermole and Chief Digital Health Officer Neville Board, and RVEEH’s Acting Director of Pharmacy Ivy Tan and Director Digital Health Jeanette Anderson. Image: RVEEH
  The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital (RVEEH) is the first hospital in Australia to implement a new medicine safety initiative designed to reduce medicine-related mishaps. Known as the Pharmacist
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Dr Tom Edwards says surgical skill is only part of the equation to bring more gene therapy trials to Australia.

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Dr Tom Edwards says surgical skill is only part of the equation to bring more gene therapy trials to Australia.
The rapidly evolving field of gene therapy offers a unique opportunity for Australian eye surgeons and scientists to join forces and lead the world in preventing blindness. Until recently, patients
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]]> ‘The great masquerade’: Ocular syphilis rates rise in Victoria https://www.insightnews.com.au/the-great-masquerade-ocular-syphilis-rates-rise-in-victoria/ Tue, 25 May 2021 21:27:37 +0000 http://www.insightnews.com.au/?p=20502
There's been a 45% increase in notified syphilis cases from 950 cases in 2015 to 1,375 cases in 2018 in Victoria.

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There's been a 45% increase in notified syphilis cases from 950 cases in 2015 to 1,375 cases in 2018 in Victoria.
The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital (RVEEH) is concerned about the exponential rise in ocular syphilis presentations, particularly in women, stemming from what experts have described as a syphilis
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Mitchell Wilson, nurse unit manager at The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital.

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Mitchell Wilson, nurse unit manager at The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital.
A health professional’s first-hand experience of having an eye removed has led to an international collaboration to educate patients about the anxiety-inducing procedure. Mr Mitchell Wilson, a nurse
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]]> Australian glaucoma trial set to expand after vitamin B3 success https://www.insightnews.com.au/australian-glaucoma-trial-set-to-expand-after-vitamin-b3-success/ Thu, 30 Jul 2020 21:39:43 +0000 http://www.insightnews.com.au/?p=15903
Dr Flora Hui, research fellow at the Centre for Eye Research Australia.

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Dr Flora Hui, research fellow at the Centre for Eye Research Australia.
Daily doses of vitamin B3 can lead to significant improvements in glaucoma patients who are also receiving regular treatments to lower eye pressure, new results of a world-first study have revealed. The
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]]> Victorian eye hospital establishes new orthoptist-led cataract clinic https://www.insightnews.com.au/victorian-eye-hospital-establishes-new-orthoptist-led-cataract-clinic/ Tue, 15 Oct 2019 23:57:42 +0000 http://www.insightnews.com.au/?p=10464

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A new clinic led by upskilled orthoptists is helping the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital (RVEEH) reduce wait times and streamline follow up appointments for cataract patients. Six orthoptists are
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