With patient expectations shifting and technology evolving at lightning speed. Adrian Vecchio, Optometry Australia member and Owner at The Eye Collective Optometry, has been tracking these shifts for over a decade and is confident the next wave of innovation will transform practice life as we know it.
Optometry Australia has made a formal submission to the Streamliners Care Pathways Australia consultation investigating the viability of a unified national approach to care pathways. Streamliners are the initiators of HealthPathways which now operate in all the 31 Australian Primary Health Networks. In its submission, Optometry Australia supported the concept of a unified national approach …
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Public holidays can raise practical and legal questions for optometry practices, particularly around rostering, staffing needs and employee entitlements. Understanding how the Fair Work Act applies can help practices navigate these situations confidently and lawfully.
Optometry Queensland Northern Territory (OQNT) recently met with the Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR) to seek clarification on the changes to the Medical Certificate for Motor Vehicle Driver Form F3712 and to reinforce the critical role of optometrists in assessing visual fitness to drive.
The Department of Human Services (DHS) in South Australia requires that every optometry business in the state — from sole traders to partnerships and multi-staff practices — must now formally demonstrate child-safe compliance.
In the spirit of reconciliation Optometry Australia acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.
