By Jamie Wilson and Catherine Wolinski, Contributing Editor
Monday, April 24, 2017 12:29 AM
The Vision Monday Summit kicked off with Session One: “Insight, Integration and Investment” starring Hilary Mason, founder and CEO of Fast Forward Labs, a data research company that helps organizations utilize their data science and machine intelligence capabilities.
By Catherine Wolinski, Contributing Editor
Monday, April 24, 2017 12:25 AM
Paul Karpecki, OD, FAAO, chief clinical editor at Review of Optometry, quickly guided the audience into Session Four: “A-Eye: How Artificial Intelligence is Transforming Eyecare,” immediately introducing ways in which artificial intelligence can directly enhance the ophthalmic profession.
By Catherine Wolinski, Contributing Editor
Monday, February 13, 2017 12:30 AM
For many consumers, the term “custom-made” evokes images of an old world tailor or wooden last-wielding shoe cobbler. These days, though, most shoppers get their clothing and accessories from a combination of mass-market retailers, national and regional chain stores, or even small and independent boutiques, of which most don’t carry items that are fit to our exact contours.
By Catherine Wolinski, Contributing Editor
Monday, October 17, 2016 12:30 AM
In the U.S. alone, millions of Boomers suffer from dry eye, macular degeneration, glaucoma, cataracts, intraocular lenses, retinitis pigmentosa and diabetic retinopathy. In this article, the last in Vision Monday’s three-part series about Boomer vision, titled Senior-Eyetis, eyecare professionals explain how they are treat Boomers who are fighting these potentially-blinding eye diseases and ocular conditions.
By Catherine Wolinski, Contributing Editor
Monday, October 17, 2016 12:29 AM
NEW YORK—The face of dry eye is changing. A recent study titled the “National Eye CARE (Current Attitudes Related to Eye Health) Survey,” conducted by Harris Poll on behalf of Shire, a global specialty biopharmaceutical company whose therapeutic areas include dry eye disease (DED), surveyed 1,015 optometrists and ophthalmologists and 1,210 U.S. adults with dry eye symptoms. The results—scheduled to be announced at the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) meeting in Chicago on October 17—were real eye-openers.
By Catherine Wolinski, Contributing Editor
Monday, September 12, 2016 12:45 AM
The old adage, “you can’t teach an old dog new tricks,” became obsolete with the Baby Boomer generation. In a population that has experienced the shift from typewriters to computers, landlines to cell phones, and anything from phones, cameras, computers and assistants to all-encompassing mobile devices, advancements and major lifestyle changes are commonplace.
By Catherine Wolinski, Contributing Editor
Sunday, August 28, 2016 11:20 PM
Aging is full of little surprises. One morning, a stiff knee. On a quiet evening, trouble hearing a family member’s question across the dinner table. And perhaps, after two or three strained drives home from work, the realization that you can’t see the highway quite as clearly as you used to, and the glare from those oncoming LED high-beams leaves you in a deer-in-the-headlights daze for a moment too long.
By Catherine Wolinski
Monday, June 20, 2016 12:31 AM
They are the next up and coming generation—babies, kids, tweens and teens—all under the age of 19. They are known as iGeneration. Homeland Generation. The Plurals. The Founders. Centennials. They are not only digital natives, but social natives as well as device natives, engaging with many, and often. Not tech savvy, but tech innate. This is Generation Z, and they’re growing up fast.
By Catherine Wolinski
Monday, June 20, 2016 12:29 AM
So how do you market to Generation Z? For many optometrists, marketing to Generation Z means providing, rather than promoting.
By Catherine Wolinski
Monday, June 20, 2016 12:27 AM
NEW YORK—The National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health at Prevent Blindness (NCCVEH) recently released a report to the public centered on the vision health of school-aged children.
By Catherine Wolinski
Monday, June 20, 2016 12:26 AM
NEW YORK—Connected. Social. Visual.Technological. Today’s kids, tweens and teens are becoming recognized as a priority among ECPs and optical retailers. Eyewear suppliers, too are re-engaging design and development initiatives with new brands for eyewear and sunwear, along with new education and training to better prepare for this opportunity of affording all kids the best in better vision.
By Catherine Wolinski
Monday, May 16, 2016 12:56 AM
The fourth session of the day-long event, “Adventures in Brainland” brought two presenters to the stage: Adam Gazzaley, MD, PhD, professor in neurology, physiology and psychiatry as well as director of the Gazzaley Lab at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF); and Jim Marggraff, serial entrepreneur and founder, chairman and CEO of Eyefluence, a Silicon Valley startup bringing eyes to the center of head mounted displays (HMDs).
By Catherine Wolinski
Monday, May 16, 2016 12:55 AM
Eyefluence, a startup company based in Milpitas, Calif., is stacked with leadership experience in consumer electronics, engineering and sales. Add to that about 10 years’ worth of eye studies, algorithm development, optical and illumination system design, and field applications, and you have what Jim Marggraff believes is the future of head mounted displays (HMDs): eye-controlled interactions.
By Catherine Wolinski
Monday, May 16, 2016 12:50 AM
Leslie Saxon, MD, has her heart set on disruptive innovation in health care. As a cardiologist and founder/executive director of the University of Southern California (USC) Center for Body Computing and USC Virtual Care Clinic (sponsored by VSP Global), Saxon’s passion for providing affordable, global health care shows.