The Board of Directors of the Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry (ASCO) announced a new “Attributes of Students Graduating from Schools and Colleges of Optometry” report. The updated “Attributes Report” is a series of competency statements that broadly define the attributes expected of students graduating from any of the schools or colleges of optometry in the United States. Read the rest of this entry »
HHS issues expansion grants for school-based health clinics
January 29, 2012The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) last month awarded a total of more than $14 million in grants to expand and modernize 45 school-based health centers across the country.
The grants will allow the clinics to serve nearly 50 percent more children each year, according to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. The increased funding will also allow clinics to expand the range of health care services offered and, in some cases, allow clinics to begin offering eye and vision care, the AOA Advocacy Group notes. Read the rest of this entry »
Study shows prevalence of ‘sensitive eyes’
January 28, 2012Nearly one in eight soft contact lens wearers reports having “sensitive eyes,” new research shows. The data also reveal that “sensitive eye” patients experience a greater incidence of discomfort symptoms, including dryness, redness, and stinging or burning compared to ‘non-sensitive eye’ patients and that many such patients may benefit by being refit with Acuvue® Oasys® Brand Contact Lenses with Hydraclear® Plus Technology (senofilcon A). The findings were presented at the American Academy of Optometry meeting. Read the rest of this entry »
Holter named director of AOA Industry Relations Center
January 28, 2012Denny Holter, chief advancement officer for Optometry Cares-The AOA Foundation, has been named the director of the AOA Industry Relations Center (IRC).
“This move will enable us to take advantage of Denny’s relationship building skills and create a broader view of how we work with our industry partners,” said Barry J. Barresi, O.D., AOA executive director. Read the rest of this entry »
ABB Concise partners with Crystal Practice Management
January 28, 2012ABB Concise announced its partnership with Crystal Practice Management to provide Crystal PM customers with the convenience of ordering their contact lenses from ABB Concise through their practice management system.
Crystal PM and ABB Concise are fully integrated, and customers can begin ordering from ABB Concise immediately. Lynda Baker, executive vice president of ABB Concise, said. Read the rest of this entry »
FDA approves Eylea for wet AMD treatment
January 27, 2012Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. last month announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved Eylea (aflibercept) injection for the treatment of patients with neovascular (wet) age-related macular degeneration (AMD) at a recommended dose of 2 milligrams every four weeks (or monthly) for the first 12 weeks, followed by 2 milligrams every eight weeks (two months). Read the rest of this entry »
Company enhances readers
January 27, 2012Freedom Scientific has upgraded its Sara™ and Sara CE Scanning and Reading Appliances to improve speed and accuracy.
“We’ve added ABBYY FineReader® to the OmniPage® OCR engine we were already using, combining the best features of both products to offer our best and fastest print-to-speech conversion yet,” said Dusty Voorhees, senior product manager. “We’ve also made improvements to our SARA flatbed scanning model to reduce the time to gain speech and Braille access to printed text by a third. While the SARA CE camera model is faster overall, the flatbed scanner SARA now matches its processing performance.” Read the rest of this entry »
Carl Zeiss Vision, MaximEyes announce product integration
January 27, 2012Carl Zeiss Vision, a worldwide leader in developing and manufacturing ophthalmic lenses, lens coatings and dispensary technologies, and First Insight Corporation, developer of MaximEyes 11.0 practice management and MaximEyes SQL-certified electronic health records software for optometrists and ophthalmologists, recently unveiled a direct integration with MaximEyes 11.0 and Carl Zeiss Vision’s i.Profiler plus and i.Scription. Read the rest of this entry »
CLCS welcomes submissions for student-resident photo contest
January 27, 2012Students and residents are invited to submit an outstanding digital image (clinical, abstract, action, etc.) paired with a brief case report that involves contact lenses and anterior segment topics. Students and residents may submit more than one entry! Read the rest of this entry »
Paraoptometric Section seeks community service nominees
January 27, 2012The Paraoptometric Section of the AOA is seeking nominations for the 2012 Community Service Award. The award is given to the paraoptometric who demonstrates a commitment to helping improve his or her community and a dedication to the profession of paraoptometry. Read the rest of this entry »
