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....
In 20 years, will optometry as we know it exist? Will there be a role for optometry, and how will it be delivered?...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
Big Data refers to extremely large data sets that can be analysed to reveal patterns, trends, and associations unavailable to traditional research methods....
Technology has transformed the way practices operate. Despite the leaps forward, patients and their ocular health remain at the centre of why you work so hard...
The carotenoids lutein, zeaxanthin and meso-zeaxanthin preferentially accumulate in neural tissue including the macula where they form macular pigment (MP)....