Jordana Joy, Associate Editor

The AI-powered model works to detect early signs of glaucoma and makes iHealthScreen the first company to receive 2 US patents for AMD and glaucoma screening devices.

Catch up on what happened in optometry during the week of April 15-April 19.

The new service, PolicyWatch, allows optometric practices and service providers as well as telemedicine solution companies to access real-time policy changes in their area of practice, spanning all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Results from the THRIVE study found that when reading glasses were given to first-time wearers, monthly median incomes increased by 33%.

Catch up on what happened in optometry during the week of April 8-April 12.

The optometry school, founded in 1904, was the first of its kind in California.

The company selected LNZ100, designed to treat presbyopia, as its lead candidate and expects to submit an NDA in mid-2024.

The company now offers 3 different digital marketing plans for independent optometric offices, and will have a strategist dedicated to individual accounts.

Bryan Wilson, executive director of medical affairs at Genentech, details why Birmingham, Alabama was chosen as the community to study the effects of diabetic eye disease among African Americans in a new manuscript from the ADA and Genentech.

Catch up on what happened in optometry during the week of April 1-April 5.

The manuscript, "Breaking Barriers: Partnerships to Improve Diabetic Eye Health in Alabama," highlights the burden of diabetic eye disease in Alabama, as well as strategies that target racial health disparities within that population.

The trials will include patients with ocular hypertension, and assess QLS-111 in its efficacy for lowering IOP beyond levels currently achievable by targeting EVP.

The clinical stage medical technology company is developing a laser system that performs femtosecond laser image-guided high-precision trabeculomtomy, or FLigHT.

Davis Corley, CEO of Neurolens, outlines the importance a new study that show statistically significant improvement of headaches with the use of Neurolens.

Charles Leclercq, CEO of ARxVision, outlines the conception of ARxVIsion's collaboration with Seeing AI and NaviLens apps, and details the popular uses for the headset so far.

Catch up on what happened in optometry during the week of March 25-March 29.

The company, which has completed each of its CLARITY trials for both eye drops, will be reporting on their findings next month.

The analysis, which pulled data from the DRy Eye Assessment and Management (DREAM) study, found that users of corticosteroids had multiple worse and consistent DED signs.

The ARx Gen 1.5 wearable headset will be integrating the 2 apps in part of a pilot program providing a hands-free visual assistant service.

The 1-time, intracameral injection is a cell therapy for the treatment of corneal edema secondary to corneal endothelial dysfunction.

Rebecca Alexander, LCSW-R, MPH, has been gradually losing both her vision and hearing since she was a teenager due to Usher syndrome type 3. She discusses the importance of making practice accessible for those with vision loss in an exclusive interview.

Cleveland, Ohio’s Great Lakes Science Center Community Engagement Coordinator JonDarr Bradshaw details what those in the path of totality should expect, as well as the science center’s initiatives to keep eyes healthy during the event.

Catch up on what happened in optometry during the week of March 18-March 22.

Peer and public reviews for Care of the Patient with Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma will be taken until April 24.

Multiple symptomatic improvements, as well as tear film break-up time improvements and a reduction in ocular pain, were noted.

With The Ohio State University College of Optometry in the path of totality for this year's total solar eclipse, 1 optometry school has prepared its alumni, students, and doctors to share information with the public.

Nicholas Gilberg, OD, with EssilorLuxxotica's Leonardo team walks through the basics of the education software that can be implemented in any practice.

Sandra Block, OD, M Ed, MPH, FAAO, FCOVD, said in a recent statement that global eye care has come a long way thanks to eye care providers.

Laura Periman, MD, talks through what was gained from the conference, from becoming acquainted with new technological advancements to renewing passion for dry eye care.