Optometry

Four optometrists who have gone “above and beyond in their fields and for their patients” are among the 2024 honorees of the peer-to-peer recognition program Healio Honors, according to a Healio press release.

LAS VEGAS — Prepare your practice to succeed by changing your business model, bringing your team together and investing in your “tomorrow” business, according to Geoff Colvin at Vision Expo West.

Several countries face an inadequate number of optometrists, unregulated education levels for optometrists and restrictions on optometric procedures, according to a study published in Clinical Optometry.

While most optometry students demonstrate high technology self-efficacy, they may require training to boost telehealth acceptance, according to research published in Clinical and Experimental Optometry.

Optometry Giving Sight has kicked off its 2024 World Sight Day Challenge fundraiser with the theme, “Giving Together, Seeing Forever,” to celebrate the power of the optometry community and efforts to eradicate uncorrected refractive error.

Proposed changes to the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule may benefit the field of optometry, according to the American Optometric Association.

An educational training program in the U.K. enabled non-MD ophthalmic practitioners to safely and effectively deliver selective laser trabeculoplasty to patients with glaucoma, according to a study published in Eye.

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.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The World Council of Optometry is supporting its stance that myopia management is standard of care by promoting a global educational resource, according to council leadership at Optometry’s Meeting.