Managing Diabetic Eye Disease in the Latino/Hispanic Community: A Case-Based Review of Best Practices

Program Overview

The goal of this program is to raise awareness in front-line clinicians—primary care physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants—of the need to discuss the importance of consistently receiving eye exams with their Latino/Hispanic patients with diabetes.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be better able to:

Discuss the unmet need for improved diabetic eye care in the Latino/Hispanic community
Outline risks associated with delayed intervention in patients with diabetic eye disease
Describe standards of care and preferred practice patterns for screening and diagnosing diabetic eye disease
Explain the benefits of timely anti-vascular endothelial growth factor treatments for patients with diabetic macular edema and diabetic retinopathy