collage of woman's face with eye and charts and technology Remote monitoring is one enabling technology that could potentially improve health care and lower costs. (Photo: Shutterstock)

Advances in eye health technology are redefining how beneficiaries will access eye care in 2021, and benefit managers can play an important role in supporting the emerging vision technologies—including gene therapy, sustained-release medications and remote monitoring—that have the potential to improve health outcomes, increase patient convenience and lower costs.

Gene therapies

Medicine continues to advance with new therapies, new procedures, new treatments and new medications. Though these advances are collectively often very effective, they also mean additional work for patients and physicians. This increased work is now referred to as "treatment burden," or how much work is involved in getting better.

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