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		<title>AOA statement on American Board of Clinical Optometry</title>
		<link>http://newsfromaoa.org/2010/03/08/aoa-statement-on-american-board-of-clinical-optometry/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Friday, March 5, a new entity led by opponents of the American Board of Optometry (ABO) announced its formation. “The American Board of Clinical Optometry” (ABCO) is led by its executive director and president Art Epstein, O.D. Dr. Epstein is also an officer of the American Optometric Society. This new organization (ABCO) was formed [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=newsfromaoa.org&blog=7939388&post=574&subd=newsfromaoa&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Healthy Vision on the Job is Everyone’s Business</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
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In honor of March’s Save Your Vision Month, the AOA encourages Americans to prevent workplace eye strain and eye injuries.
Whether using a computer or a sledge hammer to get the job done, the AOA reports that visual discomfort, eye strain and eye injuries in the workplace are not only common, but cost billions in lost [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=newsfromaoa.org&blog=7939388&post=571&subd=newsfromaoa&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>ODs, Students Head to DC to Urge Medicare Payment Fix and Support Health Care Priorities</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 17:55:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to the AOA Congressional Advocacy Conference, Optometry will have an immediate chance to be heard on Capitol Hill on the massive Medicare physician payment cut set to take effect March 1.  
Hundreds of optometrists and students traveling to the nation&#8217;s capital this week to build new support for AOA-backed legislation before Congress will also be [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=newsfromaoa.org&blog=7939388&post=565&subd=newsfromaoa&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>AOA Remains Vigilant for Next Moves on National Health Care Reform</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 21:07:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. House of Representatives and Senate approved separate comprehensive health care reform bills in late 2009 with the intention of developing a merged bill – containing selected provisions from both – for final consideration in early 2010. However, in recent weeks, the considerable divisions that exist in Washington, D.C. and around the country on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=newsfromaoa.org&blog=7939388&post=561&subd=newsfromaoa&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>AOA launches EHR preparedness program</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 20:30:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The AOA is launching a new Electronic Health Records (EHR) Preparedness Program for Optometry to spur prompt implementation of EHRs in optometric practices and ensure optometrists are included in the nation’s rapidly developing EHR system.
“The emergence of a national digital health information technology (HIT) network could potentially be as important in the history of health [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=newsfromaoa.org&blog=7939388&post=559&subd=newsfromaoa&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Optometry continues push for priorities despite health care reform impasse</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 20:27:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The year-long effort by President Obama and congressional Democrats to enact sweeping national health reform legislation was dealt a serious setback by the victory of Republican Scott Brown in the Jan. 19 special election to fill the U.S. Senate seat held for more than four decades by Massachusetts Democrat Edward M. Kennedy. With their 60-seat [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=newsfromaoa.org&blog=7939388&post=557&subd=newsfromaoa&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Taking the first steps</title>
		<link>http://newsfromaoa.org/2010/02/18/taking-the-first-steps/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 20:26:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This weekend I had the pleasure of attending the New York State Optometric Association’s (NYSOA) Winter Board of Trustees Meeting in Lake Placid, home of the 1980 Winter Olympics. While walking around Mirror Lake as temperatures hovered in the single digits Fahrenheit, my wife Bonnie and I compared notes, as we often do, on our impressions [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=newsfromaoa.org&blog=7939388&post=555&subd=newsfromaoa&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>AOA offers free materials to promote SYVM</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 20:21:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ March is the AOA’s annual Save Your Vision Month. This year’s observance is focused on “healthy vision in the workplace,” reminding employees of the importance of regular eye care and safety. New patient education pieces discuss the effects of prolonged computer and hand-held device usage has on the eyes and tips for preventing eye strain and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=newsfromaoa.org&blog=7939388&post=550&subd=newsfromaoa&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Brooks responds to Surgeon General’s report</title>
		<link>http://newsfromaoa.org/2010/02/18/brooks-responds-to-surgeon-general%e2%80%99s-report/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 20:18:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In response to the Surgeon General’s Vision for a Healthy and Fit Nation 2010 report, AOA President Randolph Brooks, O.D., sent a letter emphasizing the importance the AOA places on public health.
“The AOA recognizes that obese children are at a higher risk for a number of health problems; including type 2 diabetes, hypertension and atherosclerosis,” [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=newsfromaoa.org&blog=7939388&post=548&subd=newsfromaoa&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sen. Harkin makes patient access top priority</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:48:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), chairman of the Senate&#8217;s health committee, and AOA Washington office Director Jon Hymes meet prior to the president&#8217;s State of the Union message to assess the outlook for the AOA-backed Harkin Patient Access Amendment to establish a federal provider non-discrimination law and proposals before Congress aimed at preventing a massive [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=newsfromaoa.org&blog=7939388&post=543&subd=newsfromaoa&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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