Digital imaging – an optometry perspective
Eye care professionals increasingly use new instruments that enable them to examine both the internal and external eye, like Digital Fundus Photography, Ocular Coherence Tomography (OCT) and Corneal Topography. In this context, there has been a debate among professionals about how digital imaging can be correctly used as part of the patient record. ECOO’s position […]
ECOO Manifesto for the 2019 European Parliament elections
Healthy eyes and good vision are paramount for independent and active living, at all ages. Yet, the role of vision on the wider policy agenda, from access to primary healthcare to road safety and healthy ageing, at both the national and the EU level, remains limited. Despite the growing awareness of the role of opticians […]
ECOO Newsletter – March 2019
ECOO’s March 2019 Newsletter is out! This issue includes an item on the educational Toolkit on Diabetic Eye Disease, updates from Switzerland, Lithuania and Spain, as well as an overview of the lateNewsletter March 2019st developments at the EU level. Click here to read the March 2019 edition!
ECOO publishes Blue Book 2017
ECOO is delighted to announce the publication of its third edition of the Blue Book, a valuable aggregation of data on the professions of optometry and optics in countries across Europe.
It is the only publicly available compilation of data that offers a comparative and comprehensive view on these two professional groups across 30 countries. Information is gathered through surveys filled in by ECOO members and partners.
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