Pilot boosts support for patients with vision loss
A recent pilot showed strengthened referral pathways increase access to support for people living with low vision or blindness.
Staff reporters4 min read
Optometry Comment
Open letter to NZAO members frustration with term limits
LINK: https://nzoptics.co.nz/live-articles/blind-trust-in-the-odob/
Robert Ng7 min read
Letter to the editor calling out double standards and agendas
LINK: https://www.nzoptics.co.nz/live-articles/self-preservation-masquerading-as-professional-protection/
Name withheld on request2 min read
Farewell to Dr Tracey Wong
It is with deep sadness that we share the sudden passing of our esteemed colleague and friend, Dr Tracey Wong, after a brief illness.
The ESA team and NZ Optics2 min read
LETTER: support, advocacy and regulation
Links: https://www.nzoptics.co.nz/live-articles/letter-time-for-adonz-to-take-over-odob-s-role/
Courtney Chellew, President, Association of Dispensing Opticians New Zealand ADONZ4 min read
Patient using serum drops 'feels eyes again'
While most cases of dry eye disease respond well to established treatments, there is a subset with severe dry eye that may need other options. Serum eye drops have been successfully used for decades for conditions including persistent epithelial defects and neurotrophic keratopathy. Increasingly, th
Nick Mathew4 min read
New topical treatment for CL discomfort
Assessing a novel topical selenium disulphide treatment for MGD
Professor Fiona Stapleton and Associate Professor Jacqueline Tan6 min read
A patient's-eye view
David Slack on his dad's cataract surgery and the eyecare professionals who make it all possible
David Slack4 min read
Real-world registry boosts dry eye care globally
Despite many available treatments, dry eye disease (DED) remains one of the most underdiagnosed and undertreated conditions in eyecare. Clinical trials to inform treatment development often have stric
Dr Ngozi Chidi-Egboka and Professor Stephanie Watson7 min read
Clinical patterns in diagnosis and management of DED a TFOS international survey
Researchers Professor Jennifer Craig and Dr Michael Wang at the Ocular Surface Laboratory, along with University of Auckland Visiting Professor James Wolffsohn, other international collaborators, and TFOS ambassadors, conducted and analysed one of the largest global surveys on the current clinical p
Dr Kalika Bandamwar4 min read
Precision matters in kids' lens prescribing
For kids, accuracy in lens power is about achieving clear vision and supporting good visual development
Dr Grant Hannaford5 min read
The optometry marketer's free toolkit
As a practice owner or manager, you know the feeling of multitasking. Day-to-day, working on your business fundamentals generally takes a back seat to the primary goal of taking care of your patients. The good thing is it doesn't take as much time, effort or money to get your practice to-do lists do
Robert Springer5 min read