NEEI in the News
 

New England Eye Receives Shapiro Grant to Help Seniors (12/7/06)

Boston, MA – December 7, 2006 – The New England Eye Institute,  the clinical teaching arm of the New England College of Optometry, has been awarded a $35,000 grant from the Carl and Ruth Shapiro Family Foundation to install video magnifiers that project printed materials onto a closed circuit television at five area elderly housing facilities. View the full article

New England Eye Board Member Appointed to Governor-Elect Patrick's Transition Committee (12/7/06)

Boston, MA – December 7, 2006 – On November 22, Massachusetts Governor-elect Deval Patrick and Lieutenant Governor-elect Tim Murray appointed New England Eye Institute Board member James W. Hunt Jr. co-chair of the “Deval Patrick Transition Health Care Committee.”   The incoming governor announced the creation of 15 transition committee issues working groups that will help shape the new administration’s policy agenda as it prepares to take office on Jan. 4, 2007. View the full article

New England Eye Participates in Coalition to Increase Opportunities for Optometrists to Work at Community Health Centers (11/30/06)

Boston, MA – November 30, 2006 – The New England Eye Institute, the American Optometric Association (AOA), the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) and the Massachusetts League of Community (MLCHC) are continuing to lead an effort to secure funds that would underwrite the cost of a needs assessment survey, which would analyze the barriers many underserved populations confront when trying to access high quality, comprehensive and affordable vision care at community health centers.  View the full article

New England Eye Looks Toward Strategic Growth of Services (11/17/06)

Boston, MA – November 17, 2006 – New England Eye’s Board of Directors Planning Committee will convene next Tuesday to review, among other agenda items, clinical service reports that were recently submitted by the each of the chiefs of service within the network.  View the full article

Reorganized New England Eye Clinical Council Strengthens Strategies To Attain Goals (9/28/06)

Boston, MA – September 28, 2006 – New England Eye’s recently reorganized Clinical Council met on Thursday at the network’s Fenway Practice to generate further progress towards meeting its recently refined goals. View the full article

New New England Eye Board Holds Its First Meeting (9/21/06)

Boston, MA – September 21, 2006 – On Thursday New England Eye Institute’s new board of directors held its first meeting of the academic calendar year at the network’s Fenway Practice facility. View the full article

IDS Awarded Grant of $75K to Transform (6/1/06)

Watertown, MA – June 1, 2006 -- The Individuals with Disabilities Service (IDS) of NEEI recently received a grant of $75,000 from the Ludcke Foundation to expand and enhance services at NEEI’s Low Vision Clinic at Perkins School for the Blind in Watertown, MA. View the full article

NEEI Provides Eye Care To Migrant Workers at Suffolk Downs (5/18/06)

Boston, MA – May 18, 2006 – On Monday, NEEI’s Chief of Homeless Service Dr. Janis Mertz led a group of six students from the New England College of Optometry in providing comprehensive eye exams to migrant workers at Suffolk Downs race track in East Boston.  View the full article

Dr. Chu To Help Lead Efforts in Lighting the Streets of Mission Hill for Elders (5/2/06)

Boston, MA – May 4, 2006 – The Boston Partnership for Older Adults has appointed NEEI’s Director of Community Health Research Dr. Gary Chu, as its liaison to Light Boston’s Mission Hill Main Streets Business District project. View the article 

Alcon Laboratories Donates To Intern Productivity Pilot Project at Dimock Community Health Center (4/27/06)

Boston, MA – April 27, 2006 – Alcon Laboratories has bolstered NEEI’s clinical teaching program, through a donation of $6,000 to Dimock Community Health Center to establish of a pilot project that aims to improve intern productivity. View the article

Growing Patient Base at Community Health Centers Continues to Support NEEI Clinical Teaching Program (3/23/06)

Boston, MA – March 23, 2006 -- In recent months, the eye care services located within some of NEEI’s community health affiliates have experienced significant increases in their patient volume. View the full article

Patients Increasingly  Satisfied With Care They Receive at NEEI's Fenway Practice (2/9/06)

Boston, MA – February 9, 2006 -- NEEI’s Fenway Practice continues to be on a path of increasing the number of patients it treats, along with improving the overall patient experience for students.  View the full article

NEEI Highlights Accomplishments Over the Past Year (1/26/06)

Boston, MA – February 2, 2006 -- NEEI professional and administrative staff gathered in the Clausen Room of 424 Beacon Street on Tuesday, January 24 for the clinical system’s annual meeting.  The meeting served as an ideal forum for honoring staff members who served as key contributors during the past year, reviewing impressive NEEI’s accomplishments, educating staff on compliance issues and describing the reorganization of NEEI’s Clinical Council.  View the full article

NEEI Partners With Boston Area Boys and Girls Clubs to Conduct Vision Screenings on Inner City Youth (1/26/06)

Boston, MA -- January 26, 2006 -- Over the course of this Fall and Winter, NECO students, under the supervision of NEEI’s Chief of Primary Care Services Dr. Shilpa Register, have been immersed in providing a critical public health service to a significantly underserved population.  Since October, Dr. Register has led NECO students in conducting vision screenings at various Boys and Girls Club sites across the metro Boston area.  View the full article

Future Brides and Grooms from Across the Region Drop by NEEI Booth at the Baystate Bridal Show (1/19/06)

Boston, MA -- January 19, 2006 --NEEI had a strong presence at this past weekend’s Baystate Bridal Show, held at Boston’s Bayside Expo Center.  Hundreds of attendees dropped by the NEEI booth to learn more about the Fenway Practice and its services.  View the full article