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Link: Why Patients are Choosing Eyecare Apps Over You

Posted by Amanda Dexter on Jun 16, 2016 12:00:00 AM

LINK-OP-APP-1.jpg5 ways you can get your patients to start choosing you over the apps.

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"It's raining apps. Just for a second, I'm going to embrace the hate because we can use it to help lead us to a better understanding of the situation and ultimately to a solution. In our technologically enhanced world there seems to be an app for everything including for eye care. Let's assume that people will embrace vision care apps and online programs and that they will perceive you as their eye doctor with significantly less value.

Read the full article from Optometry Times

Dr. Dexter's Take

Even though you are all optometry students and not out in practice yet, I'm sure you've heard the buzz about online refractions and apps that can be used to obtain contact lens prescriptions, etc. Even though you aren't facing these struggles quite yet, it is important to keep up to date with the technology and start preparing yourself for what to expect from patients once you graduate. This is a great article that explains why patients choose to use these online companies for their services, and what you should start thinking about to combat them!

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