FDA enforcement action disrupts vision test company
Online vision test removed from Visibly website after FDA publishes recall notice.
Increase fitting success with better communication
Beyond the tangible benefits of corrected vision, eye health and convenience, contact lens wearers also can experience greater social empowerment and self-esteem. AOA CLCS members offer up five tips for better communication during fittings.
Sink or swim? Preparing for the ‘Gray Tsunami’
By 2060, 1 in every 4 Americans will be 65 and older. Eye care is essential in this population and optometry has an opportunity to make a difference. Find resources and education to get involved.
Health literacy and contact lens patients: How doctors of optometry can help
Contact lens patients aren’t picking up what eye care providers are putting down, suggests a new CDC report that recommends examining effective provider-patient communications.
AOA and AOSA give one-two punch in strenuously supporting reauthorization of Higher Education Act
Key congressional leaders urged to remove crushing school debt accumulated by optometry school graduates.
Mixing systemic and ocular pediatric medications
Millions of children are being medicated for behavior management. In a changing health care landscape, the role of doctors of optometry in their patients’ diagnoses and treatment is expanding.