There are many things I’ve learnt during my time volunteering on board Mercy Ships’ Global Mercy, the largest purpose-built civilian hospital ship in the world. Before I joined Mercy Ships, I’d expected I would learn about running a hospital on a ship, maritime rules and regulations, healthcare syst
Or why different spectacle prescriptions should never be put into the same or similar frames. By Naomi Meltzer
Given today’s technological capabilities, we should be able to access all our own health data on our phones and share it with whoever we need to, countrywide or internationally,” says Peter Jordan, secretary and past chair of the New Zealand branch of Health Level Seven International (HL7), a global
When I think about digital health, I think about technology, data, population health, AI and innovation. But arriving at Hamilton’s Claudelands Events Centre for HiNZ (Health Informatics New Zealand) Digital Health Week, little did I know the central theme would be a resounding chorus of "people, pe
Dusting off my PhD thesis recently, during a historical fact-finding mission, provided an opportunity to reflect on how far dry eye clinical care has come in the last 30 years.
After Robbie Williams’ November 2023 concert at the Mission Estate Winery, there were many comments about how good it was to have people back on the east coast after Cyclone Gabrielle. The same applied to Mātai Medical Research Institute’s ‘Image Of The Future’ symposium, which attracted speakers to
Marking the end of the 2023 ophthalmic seminar season, Eye Institute’s (EI’s) end-of-year conference proved a popular drawcard despite being held after the close of the 2021-2023 optometry CPD cycle. Earning a laugh from delegates, the morning’s MC Dr Shanu Subbiah congratulated them on earning some
Retinal electrophysiology’s potential role in the early detection of neurodevelopmental conditions such as bipolar disorder, Alzheimer’s and autism was the subject of a recent Frontiers in
The late Spanish Formula 1 reserve driver María de Villota lost her right eye in an F1 test crash in July 2012. Despite being cleared to resume driving in early 2013, she died later that year, aged 33.
The theme of the 79th Orthoptics Australia (OA) Annual Conference was ‘Equitable eyecare for all’, which was certainly reflected in Telethon Kids Institute’s Dr Lynne Millar’s opening address. Dr Millar highlighted the importance of understanding why some people disengage from the health system and
Life can often throw up unexpected moments that change the direction of our careers. As a second-year student in Manchester in 1986, I answered an advert in the UK optics press for volunteers to spend their summer vacation helping an eyecare team in Tanzania. Summer holidays in Merseyside or Tanzani
