You can print out the results for your physician who will tell you if levels of certain ingredients are too high for you. Although this survey was initially developed for people with AMD, it is an eye opener for the general public. The MDP, a participant in the eHealth Ethics Initiative, an international effort to provide guidelines to consumers for health information presented on the Internet, has chosen the site of the Annual Conference of the American Academy of Ophthalmology to launch its latest innovative program, the AMD Information Rx Program. MDP Program Director Judi Delgado explains. In line with this year's conference theme, Information Technology, we developed a program to assist physicians.
Patients rely heavily on their physicians for medical education.
Unfortunately, a physician' s appointment calendar rarely allows for the in-depth conference time he or she would like to spend with each patient in order to provide the education and information they need. The Macular Degeneration Partnership has developed a communication tool to assist both the physician and patient by providing the MDP web site address directly on a prescription pad. On the back of the sheet are listed the types of macular degeneration so the physician can check off what the patient needs to look up when they access our site. The site presents current research and clinical trials as well as risk factors, prevention recommendations and inspirational stories of people who are coping with such devastating conditions as age-related macular degeneration. The site is updated continually with breaking news in medical science.