Orthoptics Awareness Week is taking place between 1-5 June with the theme ‘Seeing the future’. In the final article of a five-part series, CATHY LEWIS delves into the issue of screen time and its impact on children’s vision. Read more
OAW: Tips and tricks for testing children’s vision
Orthoptics Awareness Week is taking place between 1-5 June with the theme ‘Seeing the future’. This third article in a five-part series, authored by Queensland paediatric orthoptist FAREN WILLETT, discusses unique ways to test children’s vision. Read more
OAW: Paediatrics and the puzzling picture of genetic eye problems
Orthoptics Awareness Week is taking place between 1-5 June with the theme ‘Seeing the future’. In the second article of a five-part series, South Australian orthoptist Lachlan Knight focuses on the detection of inherited eye disease in children. Read more
OAW: The crucial role of orthoptists in paediatric vision screening
Orthoptics Awareness Week is taking place between 1-5 June with the theme ‘Seeing the future’. To kick off the five-part series, LOUSIE BRENNAN discusses the important role of orthoptists in paediatric vision screenings and the success of the New South Wales StEPs program.
Aussie charity helps protect 100 ECPs in Bangladesh
Backed by an Australian Government aid program, The Fred Hollows Foundation will redirect funds from a comprehensive eyecare project to supply five international hospitals with personal protective equipment (PPE) and increase health messaging amid COVID-19. Read more
Advocacy pays off with free or low-cost specs for more South Australians
South Australian optometrists have been part of a successful campaign to expand the state government’s GlassesSA program to provide more disadvantaged people access to free or low-cost glasses and contact lenses. Read more
Specsavers hosts ophthalmologist for four-part glaucoma webinar series
Associate Professor Graham Lee, one of few specialists who has completed fellowships in both corneal and external diseases and glaucoma, will deliver a series of Specsavers-hosted professional development webinars throughout the month of June. Read more
ACCC launches probe into Ellex-Lumibird deal
The Australian competition authority is examining Ellex Medical Lasers’s proposed $100 million sale of its laser and ultrasound business to Lumibird to consider its impact on market competition and the pricing of related ophthalmic devices. Read more
Cyber security: Aussie health system lags behind global counterparts
A new report has found that Australia’s healthcare sector is ill-equipped to fend off cyberattacks compared with other regions, and that ransomware attacks are on the rise as a result of vulnerabilities caused by the global COVID-19 crisis. Read more
Aussie OCT co-founder among country’s most distinguished scientists
Dr Simon Poole, a co-founder of Melbourne OCT company Cylite and entrepreneur in photonics, has been elected as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, joining an elite class of the nation’s scientists. Read more