The HOYA Free-Form Company
Purpose, Pride, Passion, People
The HOYA Free-Form Company has a purpose. Leadership. Leaders blaze difficult trails and endure the unknown. While others sit back, watch and wait for the hard work to be done, and then enjoy safe passage, the leader is off to blaze the next trail. Read the rest of this entry »
Shamir’s newest Freeform® product – Shamir FirstPAL classified as an introductory Freeform design is specifically designed for new progressive wearers.
“Shamir FirstPAL™ is the ideal solution for new presbyopes, ages 40-45,” according to the company. A low addition progressive solution, it offers clear and wide far vision, a comfortable reading zone and an easy transition between the two. Read the rest of this entry »
Allergan offers and pursues innovative products to help improve patient care.
With over 60 years of successfully discovering and developing new therapeutic agents to help protect and preserve vision, the Allergan heritage offers eye care professionals and patients a broad range of products to treat a variety of eye conditions. As a result of dedicated R&D efforts and close relationships with eye care professionals, Allergan has established itself as a global leader in eye care. Read the rest of this entry »
Dave Plogmann, senior vice president of executive optical partnerships for Luxottica, speaks at the Ophthalmic Council meeting.
With the economy gaining steam, ophthalmic industry leaders had health care reform on their minds as the Ophthalmic Council™ met in New York in March.
Formed in 1998, the Ophthalmic Council™ serves as an informal forum for leaders of the ophthalmic industry and the AOA to take an active role in addressing key issues and communicating respective ideas and concerns while enhancing and advancing the ophthalmic industry to better serve patients and consumers.
The guest speaker, Dan Crippen, Ph.D., is the executive director of the National Governors Association, the only bipartisan organization of the nation’s governors.
“The only meaningful way to get costs down is to keep people out of institutions – hospitals and nursing homes,” he said. “Everything else is just tinkering at the margins.”
He cited children’s asthma attacks as an example where care could be delivered more cost-effectively. Read the rest of this entry »
By J.R. Armstrong, CPA, and Jodi Permenter, CPA
The federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires most businesses to make their services accessible to employees and customers with disabilities. To lessen the burden the act puts on small businesses, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) created the Disability Access Credit. Read the rest of this entry »
Missouri proclamation
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon declared the week of May 6-12 InfantSEE® Week for the state.
The state hopes the week will raise awareness of the opportunity for parents to have their babies’ eyes examined without charge and to ascertain the prevalence of infant vision issues.
It is also an opportunity to investigate the connection between socioeconomic levels and early risk factors and to determine if there is a link between the vision history of the mother and risk factors of the baby.
For more information, visit www.infantsee.org.
Americans agree that eyesight has a huge impact on their day-to-day lives and is one of the senses they fear losing most. Unfortunately, people often do not pay attention to their vision until they notice a problem. Join the National Eye Institute (NEI) of the National Institutes of Health during May, Healthy Vision Month, to encourage Americans to take steps to help make their vision last a lifetime. Read the rest of this entry »
Don’t miss out on the Sports Vision University program where the emphasis is on managing the visual performance needs of athletic patients. Read the rest of this entry »
Attendees of Optometry’s Meeting® can can choose from a full schedule of activities for the sections of the AOA.
The Contact Lens and Cornea Section (CLCS) will host its Awards Reception, function code 0260, on Friday, June 29 at 6:30 p.m. Read the rest of this entry »
Coming this summer from the AOA Paraoptometric Section: “Communicating with Hispanic Patients” (paraoptometric staff guide booklet). For more multicultural diversity resources, visit www.aoa.org/x12961.xml.
By Joan Abney, manager, Paraoptometric Section
More than half of the workers in the United States are minorities. Optometric practices should understand diversity in the workplace will increase significantly in the coming years. Successful practices recognize the need for action now and have a willingness to spend resources on managing diversity in the workplace.
Diversity is not only about preventing unfair discrimination and improving equality, but also about valuing differences and inclusion. It involves how people perceive themselves and how they perceive others, which affects their interactions.
Diversity exists in the workplace because people experience a group identity through their gender, race, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, physical abilities, beliefs, fashion, and even diet. The workplace environment should facilitate looking beyond surface appearances to find the common humanity of each individual and the talents he or she brings to the organization. Read the rest of this entry »
Dori’s 20/20 Tour Maino’s Memos
