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Top 5 stories from Optometry's Meeting
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This year’s annual meeting of the American Optometric Association and American Optometric Student Association was bustling with continuing education for both doctors and students, industry announcements and developments in the AOA House of Delegates. Click here to access all articles posted by Primary Care Optometry News reporters as they attended the meeting.
Some of the highlights include:
AOA: Proactive legislation needed to ensure access to care, clinical registry in development
While a number of states have passed legislation granting laser and injection privileges and protection against managed care plan dictates, “there’s a huge complacency issue,” the American Optometric Association State Government Relations Committee chair told the House of Delegates.
Successful collaborations valuable for optometry, other specialties, patients
In a poster presentation, Melissa Vitek, OD, and colleagues found that health care delivery, patient outcomes, education and interprofessional respect increased with a collaborative initiative.
Students from all North American schools attend Optometry's Meeting
The American Optometric Student Association announced in a press release that 1,000 students representing the 23 optometry schools and colleges in the U.S., Puerto Rico, and Canada attended Optometry’s Meeting.
Speakers urge clinicians to screen patients for binocular vision dysfunction
Vertical heterophoria and superior oblique palsy can cause a variety of symptoms that, if not diagnosed properly, can lead to unnecessary and ineffective treatments, two clinicians said here.
FDA approves daily disposable multifocal contact lens
Bausch + Lomb announced here that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted marketing clearance for the company’s Biotrue OneDay for Presbyopia daily disposable multifocal.