The use of a femtosecond laser during cataract surgery is now an option for your patients, and you need to be comfortable answering patient questions and co-managing this procedure.

NewGradOptometry.com recently launched, joining its sister site OptometryStudents.com. The new site offers recent optometry school graduates information and resources to help them succeed in practice. Both sites are founded by San Diego optometrist Matt Geller, a 2013 graduate of SUNY College of Optometry.

The day before SECO in Atlanta, Chief Optometric Editor Ernie Bowling joined me to sit in on Allergan’s Pathways in Medical Optometry Boot Camp.

Every optometrist proudly echoes the changes in our profession and the increases in our abilities to care for our patients. Yet there have been other changes at work that have not been so great, and in fact I hold to be the greatest challenge to our profession for the future: vision care plans.

I had the extraordinary opportunity to spend a day with a group of colleagues who have focused their professional careers on the study of the ocular surface. Sponsored by Alcon, the advisory group spent many hours discussing future goals to enhance patients' quality of life by cultivating clear, comfortable vision with or without contact lenses.

TearLab recently closed the acquisition of the assets of the OcuHub business unit from AOAExcel, Inc., the for-profit subsidiary of the American Optometric Association (AOA).

Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles, have designed a contact lens that can release controlled amounts of a glaucoma drug, delivering more consistent dosages of the drug than eye drops.

Congress has approved legislation delaying for 1 year a massive 24% Medicare fee cut, which had been scheduled to take effect April 1, as well as implementation of the ICD-10-CM coding system.

Congress has approved legislation delaying for 1 year a massive 24% Medicare fee cut, which had been scheduled to take effect April 1, as well as implementation of the ICD-10-CM coding system.

In today’s clinical environment, the buzzword is “efficiency.” Eyecare professionals will continue to expand their utilization of point-of-care diagnostic testing in the future, especially in those cases where the procedures can be delegated to technicians. Gathering data is time-consuming, and physicians are best utilized as analyzers of information, not collectors of information.

"Katherine, I can't see.” Yes, yes-it was my mother calling.

From medical knowledge to technical skills, eyecare practitioners (both OD and MD) have expectations of their technicians. Tech attendees at Vision Expo East learned what their doctors expected.

Four optometrists who have found success in dispensing-Ann Hoscheit, OD; Allan Barker, OD; Bob Davis, OD; and Dori Carlson, OD-shared their tips for doctor-driven dispensing at Vision Expo East on Saturday.

During a presentation at Vision Expo East, Sharon Carter, consultant, ECOC, said every practice has an opportunity to expand its optical sales through promoting sunglass sales.

Shamir debuted its new Shamir Attitude III progressive sun line and Shamir Duo bifocal lenses Friday during Vision Expo East.

During a presentation at Vision Expo East, Charles Posternack, MD, PACP, FRCPC, chief medical officer of Boca Raton Regional Hospital, said eyecare professionals are poised to have the greatest opportunity of their careers, thanks to healthcare reform and those “willing to accept risk will have the opportunity to capture market share.”

Several members of the lens industry came together Friday during a forum at Vision Expo East to discuss the rising trend of private-label progressive lenses.

During the Global Contact Lens Forum, a partnership between Vision Expo East and the British Contact Lens Association, Shelly Bansal, FBDO, Hon CL,FBCLA; Jason Jedlicka, OD, FAAO; and Alan Glazier, OD, FAAO; discussed the current state of contact lens retail and how the industry may evolve in the near future.