Optometry has been one of the hardest hit industries in the Covid-19 era. Not being an essential service, yet at the same time being a health provider, with a high patient-to-practitioner risk of
Due to the government’s Alert Level 3 restrictions, Eye Institute’s first 2020 seminar in the middle of May became a virtual affair, attracting nearly 400 New Zealand optometrists.
As Covid-19 takes centre stage in global healthcare, specialist health departments around the world are already experiencing major patient backlogs. In the New Zealand Canterbury and Wellington regions alone, more than 1,500 elective surgeries have been delayed as a result of higher restrictions in
Three-year observation of children, aged three to 10 with untreated intermittent exotropiaPediatric Eye Disease Investigator Group, Cotter SA et al. Ophthalmology 2019;126(9):1249-60Design: This study
A peculiar case of corneal oedema in an elderly patient, highlighting the importance of obtaining collateral history when there’s no obvious cause.
You could be forgiven for thinking that New Zealand’s transition from the Covid-19 Alert Level 4 lockdown meant complex Covid-19 related employment scenarios were behind you. But as New Zealand moves
For years now, some personal style services have been swallowed up by the Starbucks theory that sameness is best. With the growing trend towards franchised providers, I've nursed the fear that this form of cold comfort contact would spread to the professions, especially ophthalmology, which is my ma
It’s safe to say, the hype around this multi-storied optical eutopia, situated on prime New York real estate, is most certainly true. The State University of New York (SUNY) College of Optometry, is a patient-care facility heralded as one of the leading teaching and largest eye and vision care clini
I walked into my last optical appointment prepared to hear the same thing I’d heard the previous decade’s worth of visits, “Your vision is stable. Things look good”. But instead I was floored by the statement, “Oh, you need multifocals now. It’s just a small add, but I’ll put you in some progressive
The 2020 Ocular Therapeutics Conference (OTC) lived up to its name, providing interesting advice and discussion about new and old therapeutics for common and not so common ophthalmological conditions. Interest was maximised by the 15-minute, quick-fire presentation format from speakers knowledgeable
As we all know, we are in the middle of ‘interesting times’. As a family business, we are best placed to get through this, although it is going to be challenging and hard work.
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