Archive for December 2014
Alcon’s George Stresses Innovation
A breakdown of the most salient points offered by opthalmology’s newest leader – Jeff George, President & Global Head of Alcon. Video Guest Jeff George Jeff was appointed to lead Alcon in May 2014. As the global leader in eye care, Alcon provides innovative products that enhance quality of life by helping people worldwide see…
Read MoreCheckedUp
iDoc Inc. wants to revolutionize how doctors and patients interact. Its mobile platform allows doctors to educate patients, help them make decisions, and provide interactive tools for follow-up or chronic care. Founder and CEO Richard M. Awdeh, MD reported that in a recent clinical trial in four high-volume practices, CheckedUp reduced the share of patients…
Read MoreGobiquity
Gobiquity Inc. is an app-based company that has already commercialized its first product and is bringing in revenue. The GoCheck Kids app allows pediatricians to screen children for amblyopia simply by taking a smartphone photo. The app is easy to use and provides immediate results. As part of its mission to bring specialty testing into…
Read MoreAssort
Assort is a surgical management system that has insight, hindsight, and foresight, explained Assort Pty. Ltd.’s CEO Noel Alpins, MD. It can be used to analyze all ophthalmic parameters, including intraocular pressure and visual acuities. Assort uses the Alpins method to plan astigmatism surgery and analyze outcomes. Part of the Assort system, the iAssort software,…
Read MoreAlimera CEO Myers Shares Lessons From Iluvien FDA Approval
[creativ_pullleft colour=”light-gray” colour_custom=”” text=”Episode 018″] The FDA turned away Alimera Sciences’ bid to market Iluvien as a treatment for diabetic macular edema three times before finally giving the green light. President & CEO Dan Myers shares what kept his confidence up during this lengthy review and how Alimera Sciences is positioning Iluvien in the DME…
Read MoreAppVisit
AppMedicine Inc. Founder Harvey Fishman, MD, PhD believes that technology will change medicine, much as it has changed other brick-and-mortar businesses. He explained that his company’s AppVisit is a flexible, cross-platform (iOS, Android, web) solution that can be integrated with EHR systems for appointment reminders and secure messaging. It also enables secure, virtual “e-visits” that…
Read MoreVestrum Health
Vestrum Health’s mission is to capture the value of electronic clinical health record (EHR) data to benefit of physicians and their patients. Chairman Tom Brogan explained that his company’s technology enables physicians to securely send EHR data to the Vestrum servers, where they are kept and analyzed in a proprietary database. Physicians and patients are…
Read MoreDigiSight
DigiSight Technologies Inc. is integrating mobile diagnostics into clinical care, with a focus on using technology to administer well-established tests like visual acuity, Amsler grid, and more than 10 others—the results of which all become available through their physician portal. CEO Doug Foster reported that the company has plans in all areas of mobile health,…
Read MoreFDA Q&A
Food and Drug Administration to adopt guidelines and standards to help expedite approvals. Two key players within the agency, Dr. Wiley Chambers and Dr. Malvina Eydelman, sat down for an open Q&A with Emmett Cunningham, MD, co-chair of OIS@AAO. Dr. Eydelman is director of the Division of Ophthalmic and Ear, Nose and Throat Devices, and…
Read More2014 OIS Innovator Award Presentation
The OIS Innovator Award went to Sue Washer, Bill Hauswirth, and Nick Muzyczka for their pioneering role in gene therapy company AGTC. Washer and Hauswirth sit down with OIS Co-Chair Gil Kliman to share the tale of starting and leading the ophthalmology leader. Presenter: Gilbert H. Kliman, MD Dr. Gil Kliman leads the medical device…
Read MoreA View From The AAO – Ophthalmic Innovation in 2014
Speaking at the recent OIS@AAO meeting, American Academy of Ophthalmology EVP and CEO David W. Parke II, MD, highlighted health care system integration forces that are aggregating physicians into larger groups, encouraging hospital mergers, and accelerating physician employment. Much of the consolidation is happening as part of the push towards accountable care organizations (ACOs). About…
Read MoreA View From The NEI – Ophthalmic Innovation in 2014
The National Eye Institute (NEI) spends $675 million annually, mostly on basic science and discovery research. In addition, said Matthew J. McMahon, PhD, Director of the agency’s Office of Translational Research, “We have a clear mandate to help translate these discoveries into clinical medicine and public health improvements.” He points to the agency’s role in…
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