By Staff
Thursday, September 5, 2019 12:15 AM
HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.—
Santinelli Int'l and the company's new tools and accessories division,
Sios, will be hosting free hands-on education workshops throughout Vision Expo West. Lead by industry leading experts, the diverse workshops are highly interactive with the goal of elevating registered attendee’s skill set with valuable takeaways to help solve real, every-day problems. Registered attendees will receive certificates of completion and free goodie bags for their attendance. Registration is limited, and there are various workshops on a multitude of topics. Workshops and instructors will include:
By Staff
Wednesday, September 4, 2019 12:15 AM
BAAR, Switzerland—Pete Lothes, who became
Satisloh’s worldwide president at the
beginning of 2019, is expanding his role with additional title of CEO, effective Sept. 1. “Leading Satisloh globally over the last eight months has been fast-paced and rewarding. I am excited to take on the CEO role as well. I will continue to drive Satisloh’s strategy of providing complete manufacturing solutions for the optical industry. We’re focused on continuing our role as leaders of innovation and—most importantly—delivering customer satisfaction,” said Lothes.
By Staff
Tuesday, September 3, 2019 12:24 AM
LAS VEGAS—Two new speakers will join a panel of optical lab owners at the upcoming Modern Lab event during Vision Expo to discuss how investments in technology and the workforce are helping labs remain competitive. The new panelists are Paul Faibish and Javan Diaz. Faibish is the president and owner of Canada’s largest independent optical lab,
Plastic Plus Limited in Toronto, Canada. In 2017, he expanded the company by opening a new facility that has allowed it to double lens manufacturing capacity and expand frame inventory and distribution.
By Staff
Friday, August 30, 2019 12:21 AM
VICTOR, N.Y.—A new company,
Cognivue, is entering the vision care field, with a cognitive test for Alzheimers, dementia and baseline concussion testing. Cognivue Advanced is the first FDA-approved computerized test of cognitive function. The service supports new research on the connection between cognitive function and the onset of the diseases and the company is seeking to build awareness of the test and its services among optometrists, who are also seeking ways to address new patient services and practice opportunities. Cognivue's execs point to recent research which supports the connection between cognitive decline and vision impairment. Cognivue identifies changes in cognitive function that could be indicative of an impairment that can be managedd. The CogniSystem utilizes a patented software algorithm that uses adaptive psychophysics which uniquely calibrates each individuals motor and visual abilities and continuously adapts to the individual’s performance providing a customized screening specifically for the them.
By Staff
Thursday, August 29, 2019 12:15 AM
WICHITA, Kan.—Consumers with vision loss will no longer have to spend hours searching for products that fit their unique accessibility needs, thanks to the launch of the first-of-its-kind Accessible Products Hotline announced yesterday by
Envision. Funded by a grant from the
Consumer Technology Association (CTA) Foundation, the hotline will be operated by the William L. Hudson BVI Workforce Innovation Center, connecting callers with professional advice about purchasing and operating the top home, office and personal use products on the market today.
By Staff
Monday, August 26, 2019 12:12 AM
MANCHESTER, N.H.—
Blanchard Contact Lenses, a
CooperVision specialty eyecare company and scleral lens designer and manufacturer, announced its recent hire of Monica E. Shea, LO, FCLSA, NCLE-M. Shea’s responsibilities include building and nurturing professional relationships with and providing fitting consultation to eye care providers in the Northeast for Blanchard’s scleral and GP lens portfolio. Shea has 21 years of experience with contact lens services, having spent the last 15 years of her career as a senior contact lens specialist at
Consulting Ophthalmologists, P.C. in Farmington, Conn. where she successfully fit a high volume of patients with scleral lenses, including a high concentration in fitting complex corneal disease. In addition to her many certifications, Shea earned an associate of science in ophthalmic design and dispensing from
Middlesex Community College, as well as a bachelor of science in business management from Charter Oak State College.
By CLICK Staff
Wednesday, August 21, 2019 12:00 AM
NEW YORK—As of the second full week of August, millions of American schoolkids are heading back to school or have already started. And depending on where you live, that statement might produce a reaction of either “That sounds about right” or “That seems way too early!” Pew Research Center recently issued a
report on the topic. The prize for the earliest start date among the 500-plus districts in Pew’s sample goes to Arizona’s Chandler Unified School District, which serves part of suburban Phoenix. The 44,000 or so students in Chandler Unified went back to school on July 23 (though they get the first of three two-week “intersession” breaks starting Sept. 30). At the other extreme are the Trenton, New Jersey public schools, whose nearly 14,000 students won’t go back to school until Sept. 9—the latest opening date in the sample.
By CLICK Staff
Wednesday, August 21, 2019 12:00 AM
NEWBURY Park, Calif.—
Compulink Healthcare Solutions has announced an agreement to acquire
MyEyeStore, an e-commerce solution in ophthalmic health care focusing primarily on contact lens reordering with the ability for optometry and ophthalmology practices to also sell other recommended products directly to the patient. “This acquisition is the latest example of how Compulink continues to lead the industry in expanding our products and services to meet the needs of our clients,” said Link Wilson, CEO and product architect for Compulink.
By CLICK Staff
Wednesday, August 21, 2019 12:00 AM
NORTH ROYALTON, Ohio—Because information gathered through vision is thought to dominate over information from other sensory systems, it is recognized as essential to successful performance in almost every sport. A growing body of evidence confirms that visual abilities can be strengthened by means of appropriate visual training, making an athlete’s eyesight one of the most important pieces of equipment they have. To help athletes of all levels, sport vision specialist DeAnn Fitzgerald, OD, and
The International Sports Vision Association (ISVA) have launched a new section of the ISVA’s website,
"Dynamic Visual Skills for Sports."
By Staff
Monday, August 12, 2019 12:15 AM
NEWBURY Park, Calif.—
Compulink Healthcare Solutions has announced an agreement to acquire
MyEyeStore, an e-commerce solution in ophthalmic health care focusing primarily on contact lens re-ordering.
By CLICK Staff
Wednesday, August 7, 2019 9:00 AM
PINELLAS PARK, Fla.—There's a new way for patients to experience an augmented reality, virtual try-on experience via a new partnership between
Transitions Optical and Facebook, using the Facebook camera. The first-of-its-kind social media experience allows users to see themselves in all 13 Transitions lens colors, including Transitions Signature lenses style colors and Transitions XTRActive style mirrors.
By CLICK Staff
Wednesday, August 7, 2019 8:54 AM
Newbury Park, Calif.—
Compulink Healthcare Solutions, the creator of Advantage Smart Practice, an all-in-one EHR and practice management solution powered by artificial intelligence (AI), previewed the new user interface for its Ophthalmology Advantage at the American Society of Retina Specialist’s (ASRS) annual meeting last month. Designed by a team of usability experts, the new UI includes an updated look and feel with new fonts, button styles and colors.
By Staff
Monday, August 5, 2019 12:18 AM
FOREST GROVE, Ore.—On July 30, 2019,
The Contact Lens Museum was officially opened to the general public. The museum was founded by Patrick J. Caroline, FAAO, Jiah Pack and Craig Norman, FCLSA, who are all collectors of contact lens artifacts, instruments and publications. The museum, which houses more than 2,000 historical items documenting the history of contact lenses over the past 100-plus years, is free to the public and located in Forest Grove, Oregon. The goal of the museum is to preserve, protect and educate ECPs, researchers, historians and the public about the history of contact lenses, and features a chronological series of the evolution of contact lenses.