Optometry

• Meeting News Coverage

• LIVE BLOG RECAP: Ophthalmology Innovation Summit

• November 8, 2012
• Ocular Surgery News attended the Ophthalmology Innovation Summit on Thursday in Chicago. Click to view our live blog of the entire day's...More »

• FDA approvals

• Ocriplasmin approved for treatment of symptomatic vitreomacular adhesion

• October 18, 2012
• The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved ocriplasmin to treat symptomatic vitreomacular adhesion, according to a news release from...More »

• Breaking News

• Study commences on new keratoconus refractive correction treatment

• October 18, 2012
• Avedro Inc. and Hersh Vision Group recently announced that the first patient has been treated in a physician-sponsored investigational new drug study for...More »

• Breaking News

• More meaningful use stage 2 details

• October 12, 2012
• by Jeff Grant
  This article was published as part of a blog series on electronic health records and the optometric practice.
  I'd like to touch on a few of...More »

• FDA approvals

• LenSx receives FDA clearance for corneal flap creation

• October 4, 2012
• The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared Alcon’s LenSx laser platform for creating corneal flaps in refractive surgical...More »

• FDA approvals

• FDA approves Lotemax gel for postop inflammation and pain

• October 1, 2012
• The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Lotemax gel drop formulation for the treatment of inflammation and pain after ocular surgery,...More »

• FDA panel votes retinal prosthesis system safe for use

• October 1, 2012
• The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Ophthalmic Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee voted 17-2 that there is a reasonable...More »

• New legislation allows ODs in British Columbia to treat glaucoma


• Primary Care Optometry News, October 2012
• Amendments to the Optometrists Regulation recently took effect in British Columbia, allowing optometrists in the province to prescribe, dispense and...More »

• AMA resolves to campaign to repeal Harkin patient access law


• Primary Care Optometry News, October 2012
• The American Medical Association House of Delegates, at its annual meeting, called for members and medical specialty allies to work together toward a full...More »

• Tax Tips for the OD

• Tax hikes, credits result from Affordable Care Act


• Primary Care Optometry News, October 2012
  Mark E. Battersby
• Like it or not, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled, and the so-called “Affordable Care Act” (ACA) is now the law of the land – and the tax...More »

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