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A Doctors.net.uk app and more security woes
1 December 2017
| David Haider
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EYE - General
Doctors.net.uk gets a new app The Doctors.net.uk website is well known in the medical community. Its online services started 20 years ago, in 1998! Since then it has retained its core features of providing email accounts and also an online...
OrCam MyEye – innovative sight assistance (Part 1)
3 June 2021
| David Haider
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EYE - General
For Jun/Jul 20201 and Aug/Sep 2021 we have a two-part review (see Part 2 here) of an innovative piece of sight impairment technology. The device is called a MyEye, made by OrCam. I was given the opportunity to use the...
Stephen Connell joins Birmingham Optical Ophthalmology division as Clinical Sales Specialist
27 June 2023
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Research & Development
Stephen began his career in Ophthalmology in 2006 as an Ophthalmic Science Practitioner joining the Royal Hallamshire Hospital.
Viva Las Vegas: Dr Corey Hochman
3 August 2023
| Peter Cackett
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EYE - General
Speaking with Phoenix-based ophthalmologist and poker player, Dr Corey Hochman, Peter Cackett explores the themes of success and failure, and how the ups and downs of one’s ambition can provide an overwhelming gratitude for life. “Money won is twice as...
In conversation with Charles Leclercq (ARxVision)
5 October 2022
| Julian Jackson
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EYE - General
Julian Jackson (Founder and Director, VisionBridge) spoke to Charles Leclercq (CEO, ARx) about the ARxVision, a wearable device that captures the world around us through audio and artificial intelligence to empower blind and low-vision individuals. You can read the Eye...
Unaddressed Vision Problems Linked to Many Bus Crashes in Bangladesh, Study Finds
7 April 2022
The new research from eye care nonprofit Orbis International is among the first to look at vision and road safety among public transportation workers in low- and middle-income countries.
Blind veterans continue hillwalking passion thanks to power of VR
Imagine being a keen hillwalker who loves the outdoors but then being unable to enjoy it because of sight loss. Fortunately, many veterans of the Armed Forces who have visual impairment can climb their favourite mountains again, thanks to Sight Scotland Veterans.90% of NHS trusts now have electronic patient records
The NHS has met the government’s target for 90% of trusts adopting electronic patient records (EPR) in hospitals ahead of schedule.MicroPulse Transscleral Laser Therapy: A Prospective UK Study
13 September 2024
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NICE, Laser therapy, glaucoma, Eduardo Normando, education, study, research, Philip Bloom
Register now to participate. Eagerly anticipated and now underway – a landmark UK medical research study on MicroPulse® Transscleral Laser Therapy (MPTLT) for the treatment of glaucoma using Iridex’ Cyclo G6® Laser and the MicroPulse P3® Delivery Device. A NICE-compliant...
BSRS (British Society of Refractive Surgery) 30th Anniversary Annual Scientific Congress 2023
8 July 2023
-9 July 2023
by Hasan Naveed, YO Representative on BSRS Council. The summer weekend of 8-9 July 2023 saw the British Society for Refractive Surgery (BSRS) host national and international experts and colleagues passionate about all elements of refractive surgery. The sessions, delivered...
Transferring imaging from primary to secondary care (part 1)
5 August 2020
| David Haider
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EYE - General
Transferring clinical imaging from high street optometrists to secondary care is an increasingly requested option, especially in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. A wide variety of solutions exist to allow this, each with their own merits and shortcomings. For...
Envision Glasses – A different take on a sight impairment wearable (part 2)
1 February 2022
| David Haider
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EYE - General
This is the second part of the review of the Envision Glasses (see Part 1 here), a wearable piece of assistive technology. Features From the main menu four feature modes can be chosen: Read, Identify, Find and Call. The Glasses...
