Primary Care Optometry News

After serving as executive director at Optometry Giving Sight for the past 2 years, Lois Schoenbrun, FAAO, will retire in December 2024, the nonprofit organization announced in a press release.

Optometry in the 21st century has moved strongly toward evidence-based medicine, with the American Optometric Association even publishing a 14-step process to assist in the development of an evidence-based practice.

The latest Vision Council Consumer inSights report highlights key generational differences in eye care, with younger generations less likely to receive their next exam within 12 months, despite an increase in vision coverage.

DocGo and Spect have partnered to provide mobile health clinicians a more cost-effective way to screen patients at home for diabetic retinopathy and other eye diseases, according to a DocGo press release.

For the fourth consecutive year, Prevent Blindness has declared June 28 to July 4 as Fireworks Safety Awareness Week, a time to educate the public about the dangers of fireworks.

According to the CDC, H5N1 bird flu has caused recent outbreaks in poultry and dairy cows, with a total of four human cases reported among U.S. dairy and poultry workers. In at least two cases, the only reported symptom was red eyes.

As a past president of the Pennsylvania Optometric Association, I am very familiar with how our profession expands its scope of practice.

June is Pride Month, and this year marks the 55th anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall uprising in New York — a pivotal event in our nation’s LGBTQIA+ history.

I am a lifelong Billy Joel fan. I started to follow the Piano Man when he was making the college tours in the 1970s. My wife and I had our first date at one of his concerts.

May was Healthy Vision Month, a time to raise awareness about the importance of comprehensive eye exams and promote healthy habits to protect vision.