New eyewear regulations draw ire of optometrists

R Collier - 2010 - Can Med Assoc
News letter to Falcon, expressing their concern that people with diabetes might now have
fewer complete eye exams. This will result in “unintended negative consequences,” the letter …

Visionaries are often out of sight

AJ Adams - Optometry and Vision Science, 2010 - journals.lww.com
Yet when we later reflect on their vision and what they have achieved, we are often quite
unaware of all that patience, perseverance, and determination. Last month our Optometry …

[HTML][HTML] New strategies to assess the risk of diabetes-related vision loss

P Chous - Diabetes. Optometry Times, 2017 - optometrytimes.com
A colleague recently told me that eye doctors should “stay within the lines” of traditional eye
care because we barely have enough time as it is to do our jobs. My response was that …

[HTML][HTML] The need for routine eye examinations

HR Taylor, HTV Vu, CA McCarty… - … ophthalmology & visual …, 2004 - arvojournals.org
purpose. To determine the incidence and causes of vision loss to assist in the objective
determination of the preferred frequency of routine screening for those with normal vision …

[PDF][PDF] Do you see what we see? The future of independent optometry

E Spaulding - Bain Brief, 2012 - media.bain.com
Melanie just got a call from her local optometrist's office, reminding her it is time for her
annual eye exam. She likes Dr. Calderon a lot. He takes time with her and keeps a watch on …

Thirty-one flavors of optometrists: rumor has it that ODs will adopt new levels of licensure. sounds ODD!

M Vickers - Review of Optometry, 2004 - go.gale.com
However, I've heard another rumor that seems to be strengthening. It says that optometry will
evolve into two (or more) levels of licensure. For example, Dr. Smith may be more optically …

Screening for diabetes in optometry practices: acceptability to users

JH Howse, S Jones, APS Hungin - … and Physiological Optics, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Citation information: Howse JH, Jones S & Hungin APS. Screening for diabetes in optometry
practices: acceptability to users. Ophthalmic Physiol Opt 2011, 31, 367–374. doi: 10.1111/j …

Advances in diabetic retinopathy could save sight, money with more frequent eye exams

P Cotton - JAMA, 1990 - jamanetwork.com
EYE EXAMINATIONS every 6 months, it is argued, could save millions of dollars by
detecting diabetic retinopathy before damage becomes irreversible." If the federal …

The optometrist's role as a diabetes educator: we are in a unique position to educate our patients with diabetes about their condition as well as work with other …

T MacDonald - Review of Optometry, 2010 - go.gale.com
Diabetes is one of the most common, chronic conditions in the world. It is the leading cause
of new cases of blindness in working-age adults. Nearly 24 million people are now affected …

Apprehension or opportunity

NK Wesley - Optometry and Vision Science, 1964 - journals.lww.com
and a third of S75. 00. It seems to me that fees should be in reverse; the more difficult the
problem, the higher the fee. We asked the question," How many visits did you make to the …