Great news! In four years when the class of 2020 graduates from optometry schools around the country, they will be 70% female for the first time in history.  But just as more women enter the profession, they are faced with some pretty challenging hurdles to overcome in healthcare.  How are they going to start their own practices in the face of mounting student...

A few weeks ago we got the not so surprising news that Opternative, the online refraction technology that's seen significant legal battles over the past few months, is now partnering with 1-800 Contacts to offer online contact lens prescription services.  Not a surprise that a partnership would blossom between these two companies since they seemingly share a desire to avoid patients entering a...