Tag: contact lenses
WO Voices: The Patient Journey to Presbyopia
Presbyopia arrives to individuals in different ways: sometimes gradually or sometimes as a sudden switch in their vision. Kerry Giedd, OD, of Eola Eyes...
Innovations Keep Contact Lens Category Moving Forward
Pamela Lowe, OD, FAAO, of Professional Eye Care Center in Niles, Illinois, says that she has seen some surprising trends emerge from the COVID-19...
VTI Publishes Peer-Reviewed Data From Six-Year Myopia Progression Study
Visioneering Technologies, Inc producer of the natural view, multifocal one-day contact lenses, has announced that peer-reviewed data from their extensive, retrospective cohort analysis spanning over...
Don’t Let Contact Lens Patients Tell You They’re FINE
This is something that I preach to my students and I stand on as a principle: offer patients the best options on the market. I want them to tell me no rather than me suppressing information,”
Discuss: Is the Contact Lens Market Ripe for Competitive Disruption?
Although the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission made the penalties against Vision Path dba Hubble public in late January 2022, conversation about...
When Patients Are Interested in Contact Lenses, They Ask, Right? Wrong.
The conventional wisdom says that if it’s a busy day, and an OD already has so much to discuss with a patient – and...
Dr. Michele Andrews: Introducing the Myopia Management Conversation
Michele Andrews, OD, Senior Director of North America Professional & Academic Affairs at CooperVision, discusses how clinicians can—and why they should—talk about the progression of myopia with parents.
Patient Convenience, Shortened Wait Times for Contact Lens Services by Telemedicine
This is part of a three-part series on NECO telemedicine. Read the rest of the stories here.
Contact Lenses
Anita Gulmiri, OD, FAAO, an assistant professor...
Provide Evidence-based Counseling on Contact Lens Wear
Your patients and the public become worried when they read about ocular manifestations of COVID-19 or advice that contact lenses should be avoided. The conversative approach is understandable, but don't lose sight of the evidence.
Are Your Patients Calling to Ask If They Should Stop Wearing...
National report issues warnings about contact lens wear. How are you responding?
