HOYA Launches Next Generation Blue Light Filtering AR Treatment
In response to patient demands and environmental need, HOYA Vision Care has launched its next generation of blue light filtering AR treatment-...
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Transitions Optical Joins Think About Your Eyes Public Awareness Campaign
Think About Your Eyes, a public eye health initiative sponsored by a nonprofit organization under The Vision Council, announced Transitions Optical as...
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Insights From Our Editors
How Many Parents Opt for Lens Treatments for Their Children?
By Carole Burns, OD, FCOVD, and Mark Wright, OD, FCOVDMany parents still don’t think it’s worthwhile to invest in lens treatments such...
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Compute the Benefits of an In-Office Finishing Lab
Brian Chou, OD, FAAO, of EyeLux Optometry in San Diego, describes how an in-office finishing lab provides the advantages of lens finishing...
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Frames
Frames Inventory Support Tool: Your Practice Management System
By Sam Morgenstern, FNAO, FOAAThe right practice management system can help you track--and make the most of--your frames inventory. Doing so can...
Vmax Vision's PSF Integra promises to add extra efficacy and productivity to users of the PSF Refractor. Reducing the refraction lane by...
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Essilor Instruments USA Unveils New Web Store and Redesigned Web Site
Essilor Instruments USA is expanding its online presence with a newly designed company website and new web store. The redesigned company website...
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Medflow and VisionWeb Integrate Spectacle Lens Ordering Process
VisionWeb and Medflow are launching an integration that will enable users of Medflow Optical to order spectacle lenses from laboratories on the...
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HumanWare Offers Digital Personal Vision Assistant for Low Vision Patients
HumanWare’s new Prodigi is an all-digital personal vision assistant for people with low vision conditions such as macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma...
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HOYA Creates Community Service Award for African-Americans
HOYA Vision Care is proud to announce Adam Young of Southern College of Optometry Class of 2014 the inaugural “Dr. Charles Comer...
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Transitions Optical Tests Direct Response TV Ad
Transitions Optical, Inc. has kicked off a national test of a new direct response “edutainment-style” television advertisement, designed to generate an immediate...
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Superior Vision and Block Vision Announce Agreement to Combine Companies
In a move that will create one of the country’s largest independent vision benefits providers serving the employer group and health plan...
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ABB OPTICAL GROUP Enhances Its Patient Retention Program
ABB OPTICAL GROUP has enhanced their Patient Retention Program by adding two new annual supply sales aids to help their customers add...
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Frames
Stimulate Eyewear Shopping with an OD Recommendation and an Inviting Optical
By Eric M. White, ODOptical sales begin while the patient is in the exam chair--with doctor-driven dispensing. An attractive optical with a...
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Luzerne Optical Releases Digital Fitting System for iPad
Luzerne Optical Laboratories, Ltd., the largest single location, family-owned and operated independent wholesale optical laboratory in the U.S., is releasing an iPad-based...
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Ophthalmic Lenses
Free-Form Lenses: Address the Needs of Your Patient at Work and Play
By Brian Linde, ODEnhance the lives of your patients by prescribing free-form spectacle lenses that meet lifestyle needs ranging from computer work...
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Ophthalmic Lenses
In-House Lens Fabrication: Compete Successfully with Large Optical Retailers
Gordon G. Wong, ODAn in-house lens fabrication system enables the independent optometrist to compete with corporate eyecare retailers by offering parallel speed...
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Ophthalmic Lenses
Computer Eyewear: Provide Relief from Computer Vision Syndrome
By Teresa Narayan, ODOffering patients relief from computer vision syndrome is a premium service that reflects well on your practice. It also...
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Ophthalmic Lenses
One-Stop Shopping: When a Single Partner Can Provide Both Contacts and Spectacle Lenses
By Anastasios Fokas, OD, and Steve Rossi, Licensed Ophthalmic DispenserUsing a digital lab provided by the same company that manages your contact...
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Ophthalmic Lenses
The Problem with “20/Happy”
By Ally Stoeger, ODPatients deserve more than just adequate vision, or what is known as "20/happy." Provide each patient with the prescription...
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Transitions Optical Survey Shows Patients Value Culturally Competent ECPs
New multicultural research from Transitions Optical, Inc. confirms that while patients highly trust their eyecare professionals, there are steps these professionals could...
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Essilor Foundation Provides Free Glasses and Screening at Special Olympics
Through their partnership with the Special Olympics Opening Eyes program, the Essilor Vision Foundation provided more than 475 pairs of glasses to...
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Essilor of America Receives Good Housekeeping Seal
Essilor of America, the nation’s leading manufacturer of optical lenses, is proud to announce today that it has earned the Good Housekeeping...
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Frames
Pay in Full at Time of Order = Better Patient Experience
By Ally Stoeger, ODRequiring patients to pay for eyeglasses in full at the time the order is placed can sweeten the pleasure...
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In-House Lens Fabrication: Your Practice Differentiator
Raymond J. Brill, OD, MBA, FAAO, FOAAAn in-house lens fabrication system produces fast, high-quality lenses for patients with minimum staff skill or...
