Preservation and Restoration of Vision:

Vision for the Future, Part 1: Eye Care Guidelines and Recommendations

On this page:

• Goal
  
  
• Objectives
  
  
• Results
  
  
• Task Force Action Plan

Goal

Eye care guidelines and recommendations are presented to disseminate information that defines appropriate eye care and encourages activities to achieve a universal high standard of quality for ophthalmic professional services.

Objectives

Eye care guidelines and recommendations are presented to aid ophthalmologists and ophthalmic care facilities to identify appropriate eye care and encourage attainment of progressively higher standards of eye care quality worldwide.

Objectives are designed to:

1. Promote access to affordable, quality eye care for all people worldwide.
   
   
2. Promote appropriate standards of eye care delivery throughout the world.

Results

Eye care guidelines and recommendations recognize the advance of ophthalmic science and technology that is responsible for a steadily higher standard of eye care expectations and results. Guidelines and recommendations are intended to:

1. Encourage provisions for all people to have access to affordable, quality eye care.
   
   
2. Publicize eye care guidelines and standards that are generally applicable.
   
   
3. Stimulate ophthalmologists and eye care facilities to attain a progressively higher standard of eye care services to preserve vision and prevent avoidable blindness.

Task Force Action Plan

To encourage appropriate eye care worldwide, the Task Force is undertaking actions to:

1. Stimulate arrangements for universal access to affordable quality eye care. This encompasses prevention, screening, medical care and surgical care to preserve and restore vision
   
   
2. Present guidelines and recommendations that recognize that appropriate eye care varies throughout the world in relationship to disease prevalence, population groups, patient expectations and available resources. Policy statements are designed to encourage a progressively higher standard of eye care as ophthalmic science and technology advance.
   
   
3. Encourage ophthalmology resident physician training and continuing education programs to enable ophthalmologists to attain appropriate standards and progressively higher levels of eye care services to patients.
   
   
4. Present eye care guidelines and recommendations.

Next: Advocacy for the Preservation and Restoration of Vision

Also see: Table of Contents for the Vision for the Future