The AOA’s ‘Eye’
The AOA has launched The Eye – an educational prototype that draws parallels between the latest technology and the advanced power of our eyes. Part of AOA’s multi-year awareness campaign, Eye Deserve More, The Eye conveys the complexity of the human visual system and the importance of seeing an optometrist who understands and assesses all these advanced functions. Each feature of The Eye represents real functions of the human eye, such as processing billions of pathways, recalling familiar images, and when paired with an optometrist, it can alert you to over 270 health conditions. Though The Eye is a hypothetical exploration, it underscores the unmatched capabilities of human vision. seetheeye.com
ECP Sentiment Is Down
The Vision Council released a new Provider inSights report exploring eyecare provider sentiments related to daily operations of their practices, the eyecare industry, and the American economy. Compared to previous years, eyecare providers are reporting substantial decreases across all areas of their practices’ performance — including revenue, staff retention, and patient acquisition and retention. Inflation has been a central issue affecting eyecare practices in 2024, with three-quarters of providers reporting it had a direct impact on their operations, most significantly in the increase in wholesale prices for eyewear products, part of which many practices had to pass on to consumers. As a result, patients have become more price-sensitive.
thevisioncouncil.org/research-reports
Children’s Vision Health Map
Prevent Blindness has debuted their Children’s Vision Health Map, the first online interactive tool designed to display geographic variations in common children’s vision problems, as well as visual impairment and blindness. Data was provided by the CDC and other sources collected and reported by NORC at the University of Chicago. The map provides the public, healthcare and public health professionals, program partners, and government representatives, with county- and state-level characteristics that may impact children’s vision and eye health conditions and to support the development of policies and practices that improve early detection and treatment. Users can explore relationships between vision health and community characteristics.
preventblindness.org/childrens-vision-map
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