TORONTO—VuePoint IDS Inc. is announcing the upcoming launch later this month of a new digital eyecare journal, called EyeCareUpdate.com. Dr. Raymond Stein, medical director of Bochner Eye Institute, and associate professor, Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, will serve as the new publication’s editor-in-chief.

A highly respected and esteemed group of ophthalmologists and optometrists coast to coast from Canada, and from the U.S. and Europe will serve as editorial section heads for 12 different eyecare subspecialties. “The goal is to provide a journal that is both interesting and of practical clinical value for primary eyecare doctors and comprehensive ophthalmologists,” said Dr. Stein.

“Our section editors look forward to sharing their wisdom and opinions through brief overviews of new technologies, interesting case reports, reviews of relevant scientific articles and presentations and other clinical pearls,” he added.

The new journal is designed for today’s digital viewing habits of busy health care professionals. The responsive design platform will accommodate all digital devices, including tablets and smartphones, and be fully complemented by a social media presence for easy sharing among professional colleagues. The articles will be shorter than those of typical medical journals and be presented in an easy quick-view format, the announcement said.

EyeCareUpdate.com will be available to eligible eyecare professionals through a free digital subscription that provides full access to all articles and e-newsletter notification of each issue. ECPs can view the list of editorial section heads and can subscribe on the preview site.

Submissions to the journal are on an invitation basis and a process for submission of unsolicited articles is also available and can be viewed on the website.

VuePoint IDS is Canada’s leading optical and vision care publisher of both digital and print publications, including Optik, InfoClip.ca, and InfoClipXtra, as well as targeted email services to industry suppliers. In addition VuePoint provides marketing research and continuing education program delivery services. VuePoint has a collaboration agreement with Jobson Medical Information LLC, publishers of 20/20, Vision Monday and the Review Group (Optometry and Ophthalmology) publications.

Editorial inquiries can be directed to Raymond Stein at rstein@eyecareupdate.com. Commercial inquiries can be directed to David Pietrobon at dpietrobon@eyecareupdate.com or (226) 780- 6871 x 5111.