New standards can now be adopted to improve the quality of health care delivered to patients, including within the optometry sector, with a practice accreditation system being introduced in mid-2022.
While being vaccinated may not guarantee not being infected with COVID-19, it may assist in disease management and minimising serious health consequences, suggests National President, Darrell Baker.
Ahpra today announced it had added optometrists to the approved sub-register of health practitioners able to provide clinical and non-clinical support directly related to the COVID-19 health response, including the opportunity to administer COVID-19 vaccinations.
A recent surge in cybercrime and ransomware attacks has prompted the federal government to promote a suite of resources to help Australians and health institutions build their cyber security resilience.
Optometry Australia provides a variety of resources to help support, develop and enhance members’ careers. Read on to find out which benefits you can access now.
Pete Haydon is leaving the helm of Optometry Victoria South Australia in November after his appointment as CEO of the Australian College of Optometry.
Through proactive media engagement, Optometry Australia generated a record 650 pieces of editorial coverage in a variety of media outlets nationally in FY2020-2021 and 1,400 over the past three years, with the majority of stories carrying key eye health messages to Australians.
As NAIDOC week celebrations continue, we profile Shannon Davies who is the first Aboriginal optometrist to be appointed to the Optometry Council of Australia and New Zealand board, and who is thought to be the first Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander woman registered as an optometrist in Australia.
In celebrating this NAIDOC week, optometrist Ben Hamlyn says that the teachings of First Nations peoples at Pika Wiya provides the guidance that he needs to continually ensure that he is delivering culturally responsive and appropriate optometry services.
Optometry Australia has launched its new policy platform detailing the organisation’s goals to ensure that optometrists are working to their full scope of practice and are in a position to combat a tsunami of predicted eye disease.
