Technology

Online Refraction and Telehealth: Friend or Foe?

These options can expand access and patient convenience but must be matched with protocols and public awareness campaigns that preserve the value of a comprehensive exam.
09/15/2024

Reader Survey: What’s On Your Tech Shopping List?

Find out what matters most to optometrists when adding tools and techniques to their practices.
09/15/2024

Devices You Might Not Have: Are They a Good Fit?

Experts weigh in on how advanced tools can help with specific clinical responsibilities, providing you clarity on whether their benefits will serve your specific needs.
09/15/2024

Prospects for Remote Monitoring in Eye Care

Clinicians can improve the quality of services provided to patients from underserved populations and extend the surveillance of disease status beyond their clinics.
09/15/2024

New Technology Purchases: How and Why ODs Buy

This reader survey reveals the preferences and priorities that guide optometrists when adding tools and techniques to their practices.
09/15/2022

Is Artificial Intelligence Smart Enough Yet to Help Us?

Learn the current state of this technology and what might be coming soon to support optometry’s efforts to fight diabetic retinopathy.
09/15/2022

Telemedicine: What We’ve Learned and What’s to Come

Reflecting on the present and preparing for the future of virtual eye care.
09/15/2022

OCT: What’s Under the Hood?

This essential guide will help you understand the technology and how it supports clinical practice.
09/15/2022

Eye Care at the Speed of Light

Telehealth and AI rely on digital tools when human interaction is hard to come by. Here’s how these trends have been accelerated by the shutdown and other catalysts.
10/15/2020

At the Crossroads of Technology and Tradition

Tried-and-true retinal exam techniques are still relevant, even with the inclusion of ever-more precise gizmos.
09/15/2019

Upcoming Events

December 5, 2024

Rethinking Dry Eye Disease: A Contemporary Approach to a Complex Condition
Location: Virtual
Presenters: Nate Lighthizer, OD, and Dagny Zhu, MD
Webinar: 9:00pm ET

Sponsored by Bausch + Lomb

Register here

December 6-7, 2024

West Coast Optometric Glaucoma Symposium
Location: Westin Carlsbad, Carlsbad, California
Program Co-Chairs: Murray Fingeret, OD, and Robert N. Weinreb, MD
Earn up to 12 LIVE COPE Credits (accreditation pending)

Register here

December 7-8, 2024

Retina Update 2024
Location: Westin Carlsbad, Carlsbad, California
Program Chairs: Mohammad Rafieetary, OD, and Steven Ferrucci, OD
Earn up to 11 LIVE COPE credits (accreditation pending)

Register here

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