Orgs
Vision without action is merely a dream. Action without vision just passes the time. Vision with action can change the world - Joel A. Barker
image by: College of Optometrists
HWN Suggests
Can Health Care Be Disrupted? Warby Parker Offers a Clue
Earlier this year, I needed a new pair of glasses, and instead of trekking down to my optometrist, I decided to give Warby Parker’s trendy offerings a try. The glasses maker has an app that allows customers to take an online eye exam.
But I quickly ran into a snag: I live in Michigan, one of 11 states where so-called telemedicine products like app-based eye exams are illegal. I would need to see an optometrist after all if I wanted new glasses.
My experience spotlights one of the biggest questions facing the new economy: Can the same disruptive forces reshaping retail and entertainment really take on the entrenched $7 trillion health-care sector?
The question is looming…
Resources
Eyewear Retail Is Nearing An Extinction Event And Almost No One Is Ready For It
Now is the time for legacy eyewear retailers to prepare. Now is the time for them to figure out how to develop and sell their own refraction test online. But like so many established retailers, they are resisting the change and leaving themselves vulnerable. What they need now more than anything is vision.
Glasses can have a markup of 1,000%. Two former LensCrafters executives revealed why.
Butler and Dahan confirmed what shoppers have already suspected: There’s price gouging in the optical industry. The main culprit? The eyewear giant EssilorLuxottica, which essentially controls the industry.
Optometrists Feel Threatened By Technology, So Guess What Do They Do
I think there is good reason to believe that the AOA will ultimately lose in its fight against technological progress. Those of us who wear glasses or just favor technological progress should hope so.
The Optometry Racket
In every other country in which I’ve lived—Germany and Britain, France and Italy—it is far easier to buy glasses or contact lenses than it is here. In those countries, as in Peru, you can simply walk into an optician’s store and ask an employee to give you an eye test, likely free of charge. If you already know your strength, you can just tell them what you want. You can also buy contact lenses from the closest drugstore without having to talk to a single soul—no doctor’s prescription necessary.
Can Health Care Be Disrupted? Warby Parker Offers a Clue
Online vision tests show the promise of upstarts shaking up the medical establishment—and the challenges they face.
Optocase
Join thousands of optometrists around the world who use Optocase to become OCT experts and earn COPE credits.
Optometric Glaucoma Society
The Optometric Glaucoma Society (OGS) mission is to promote excellence in care of glaucoma patients through professional education and scientific investigation.
Optometric Retina Society
The mission of the Optometric Retina Society (ORS) is to promote the advancement of vitreoretinal knowledge for clinicians, ophthalmic educators, residents, and students. The ORS is dedicated to posterior segment disease prevention, diagnosis, management and co-management.
The College of Optometrists
The College of Optometrists is the professional, scientific and examining body for optometry in the UK, working for the public benefit.
American Academy of Optometry
Founded in 1922, the American Academy of Optometry is committed to promoting the art and science of vision care through lifelong learning. The optometry field is constantly changing. To provide the highest quality continuing education and the most current vision science research, the Academy's annual meeting includes nearly 300 hours of Lectures & Workshops, symposia, and scientific lecture and poster presentations over 4 days.
American Board of Optometry
The American Board of Optometry is a nonprofit organization that strives to improve the quality of health care through Board Certification of optometrists in the United States.
American Optometric Association
The American Optometric Association is a federation of state, student and armed forces optometric associations and together, advocates for the profession and serves optometrists in meeting the eye care needs of the public.
Armed Forces Optometric Society .
The purposes of this Society are to advance, improve, and enhance the eye care of designated federal services health care beneficiaries given by optometrists in federal service; to provide a forum for these optometrists; to improve the art and science of the practice of optometry and to elevate the standards of the practice.
Association of Optometrists
The AOP promotes the profession and development of high professional and clinical standards, as well as representing the needs and interests of individual optometrists and dispensing opticians.
British Association of Behavioural Optometrists
The British Association of Behavioural Optometrists is a network of highly qualified and motivated Optometrists, with a specialist interest in how vision affects human performance. Vision and the motor visual system are our primary source for gathering information with 87% of learning occurring through the visual system.
Canadian Association of Optometrists
The Canadian Association of Optometrists (CAO) represents the profession of optometry in Canada. It is our mission to enhance the quality, availability, and accessibility of eye, vision, and related health care; to enhance and promote the independent, and ethical decision-making of its members; and to assist doctors of optometry in practicing successfully in accordance with the highest standards of patient care.
European Council of Optometry and Optics
The European Council of Optometry and Optics (ECOO) is the European organisation which represents the interests of optometrists and opticians from 27 countries. It aims to promote eye health to the public across borders and to harmonise clinical and educational standards of optometric and optical practice throughout Europe.
International Optometric Honor Society
Our Mission...to stimulate scientific attainment, academic excellence and the ethical practice of optometry and to promote and provide financial support for worthy research projects relating to vision care and the eyes.
New Zealand Association of Optometrists
The New Zealand Association of Optometrists is an incorporated society whose objects include a commitment to high quality eye health care for all New Zealanders. The NZAO membership includes around 94% of the practising Optometrists in this country thus represents nearly all the primary providers of eye health services for New Zealand.
Northern Ireland Optometric Society
Membership is open to all Optometrists practicing in Northern Ireland who are members of the College of Optometry and dispensing opticians.
Optometry Australia
Optometrists Association Australia is the peak professional body for Australian optometrists. The Association represents over 4000 members (93% of optometrists registered with the Optometry Board of Australia). The Association (formerly the Australian Optometrical Association), was formed as a national body in 1918.
Visibly
Our vision is to create a world where eye care is available to anyone, anywhere, anytime.
American Glaucoma Society
The mission of the American Glaucoma Society is to promote excellence in the care of patients with glaucoma and preserve or enhance vision by supporting glaucoma specialists and scientists through the advancement of education and research.
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
ARVO is the largest and most respected eye and vision research organization in the world. Our members include researchers from over 80 countries. ARVO encourages and assists research, training, publication and knowledge-sharing in vision and ophthalmology.
Belgian Glaucoma Society
The BGS is the national organization of Belgian ophthalmologists who are particularly interested in glaucoma.
EURETINA
The aims of the society are the promotion of science, research and education, in particular... 1.the establishment of personal contacts and promotion of the exchange of knowledge between vitreoretinal and macula specialists in Europe. 2.the stimulation and encouragement of vitreoretinal and macula research in Europe. 3.the promotion of the diffusion of specific knowledge to the general ophthalmologists. 4.the keeping of contact with similar groups outside Europe.
European Academy of Optometry and Optics
The Academy is a membership organisation that provides a much needed voice to help advance the optometry and optics, develop the scientific knowledge base and support and promote lifelong learning for optometrists, opticians, vision scientists and all those involved in eye health care across Europe.
European Glaucoma Society
The aims of this society are: -To establish personal contacts and to promote the exchange of knowledge between glaucoma specialists in Europe. -To stimulate, compare and register glaucoma research in Europe -To promote the diffusion of specific knowledge to the general ophthalmologists in Europe. -To keep contact with similar glaucoma groups in other continents.
Glaucoma Research Foundation
Glaucoma is the leading cause of preventable blindness. We work to prevent vision loss from glaucoma by investing in innovative research, education, and support with the ultimate goal of finding a cure.
International Glaucoma Association
This website is a comprehensive source of up-to-date news and information about glaucoma, and is provided as a free service by the International Glaucoma Association (IGA).
International Society for Eye Research
The Mission of ISER is to provide a unique international platform for discussion and exchange of ideas on contemporary topics in eye and vision research among its members and the broader eye/vision research community.
Macular Degeneration Foundation
The Macular Degeneration Foundation was founded in 1991 by Edmund J. Alexandrovich as a 501c3 tax-exempt charitable medical research and educational foundation. It funds promising scientific studies designed to find a cure for macular degeneration, inhibit its progression, and restore the vision of afflicted ones.
National Eye Institute
The National Eye Institute's mission is to "conduct and support research, training, health information dissemination, and other programs with respect to blinding eye diseases, visual disorders, mechanisms of visual function, preservation of sight, and the special health problems and requirements of the blind."
Naval Ophthalmic Support & Training Activity
Our mission is to support readiness of the Armed Forces by providing timely fabrication and worldwide delivery of quality eyewear.
Pediatric Glaucoma and Cataract Family Association
The Pediatric Glaucoma and Cataract Family Association (PGCFA) is an association of parents and professionals dealing with the daily challenges of pediatric glaucoma and cataract.
Retina International
The main objective should be to promote the search for a treatment for Retinitis Pigmentosa, Usher Syndrome, Macular Degeneration and allied retinal dystrophies. Main emphasis should be given to inherited forms of retinal dystrophies.
Retina Research Foundation
The mission of the Retina Research Foundation is to reduce retinal blindness worldwide by funding programs in research and education. As a public charity, RRF raises funds from the private sector and the investment of its endowment funds.
RP International
From modest beginnings, RP International has grown into an international organization. Committed to focusing world attention on eye problems, RP International promotes research, public awareness, education and human services for victims of degenerative eye diseases.
The Glaucoma Foundation
The mission of The Glaucoma Foundation (TGF) is to develop a cure for glaucoma through innovative research and collaboration. Founded in1984 by Dr. Robert Ritch, TGF is one of the premier not-for-profit organizations dedicated to eradicating blindness from glaucoma through vital research and education.
The Macula Society
Founded in 1977, the Macula Society is a forum for new research in retinal vascular and macular diseases. Membership is by application, with acceptance criteria including extensive contribution to retinal literature. The Macula Society recognizes outstanding achievement by its members and others through awards and lectures, and holds an annual meeting open to members, their guests co-authors, and supporting company representatives.
The Retina Institute
The Retina Institute specializes in diseases and surgery of the retina, vitreous and macula. Recognized nationally for its high standard of patient care, the physicians of The Retina Institute have more than 170 years of combined experience.
World Glaucoma Association
Purpose: to eliminate glaucoma-related disability worldwide.
Introducing Stitches!
Your Path to Meaningful Connections in the World of Health and Medicine
Connect, Collaborate, and Engage!
Coming Soon - Stitches, the innovative chat app from the creators of HWN. Join meaningful conversations on health and medical topics. Share text, images, and videos seamlessly. Connect directly within HWN's topic pages and articles.
