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24 Sep A short history of freeform

Posted at 11:13h in Blog by Robert Shanbaum

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21 Aug Public health approaches to myopia prevention and control – Part 2

Posted at 09:16h in Blog, Thought Leadership by James Loughman

How a successful public health strategy for myopia might be implemented, and what policy measures might generate sufficient impact to reverse the myopia epidemic. ...

05 Aug Public Health approaches to Myopia prevention and control – Part 1

Posted at 13:22h in Blog, Thought Leadership by James Loughman

The management of myopia is typically practitioner-led. Currently, the standard of care is to provide single-vision spectacle or contact lenses to eliminate the blurred vision symptoms, which are characteristic of myopia....

11 Jun Artificial Intelligence and Optometry

Posted at 18:04h in Blog, Thought Leadership by James Loughman

In 20 years, will optometry as we know it exist? Will there be a role for optometry, and how will it be delivered?...

17 Feb How Big is Big Enough

Posted at 11:23h in Blog, Thought Leadership by ocuco

On a social media site, a question came up about how to accurately figure out the minimum blank size required for a given spectacle order...

04 Feb Myopia Control: Every Dioptre Matters

Posted at 10:44h in Blog, News, Thought Leadership by James Loughman

The global prevalence of myopia has reached unprecedented levels and current projections indicate that about half of the world’s population, 5 billion people, will be myopic by 2050....

11 Nov Is your lab real

Posted at 17:04h in Blog, Thought Leadership by Robert Shanbaum

There was a time when the title of this article would be assumed to be facetious – if you ordered lenses or spectacles from an optical lab and actually received them, you could pretty well rest assured the same lab had actually made the lenses...

24 Oct OmniChannel and the clinical touchpoints on the patient’s journey – what’s the link?

Posted at 15:03h in Blog, Omnichannel by Andy Chance-Hill

Every patient’s journey will vary depending on their ocular needs. Whether they require an OCT scan, a new pair of frames or a referral, OmniChannel touchpoints ensure a smooth transition...

01 Oct Big Data Part 2

Posted at 07:28h in Blog, Thought Leadership by James Loughman

Eyecare practitioners gather vast amounts of patient data during consultations. This data represents a significant untapped resource which can be used to answer both research questions and to allow individual practitioners to provide better outcomes for their patients...

11 Sep big data and its role in eyecare

Posted at 15:02h in Blog, Thought Leadership by James Loughman

Big Data refers to extremely large data sets that can be analysed to reveal patterns, trends, and associations unavailable to traditional research methods....