The Future Is in Sight: Celebrate Healthy Vision Month with Eyefinity

Low-risk, high-risk, 20/20 vision, or nearly blind—whether patients admit it or not—not everyone is keen on getting their eyes checked. As eye care providers, your commitment to promoting healthy vision extends beyond exams; it involves leveraging the most innovative tools, techniques, and technology to enhance patient care and education in between visits.  

May is Healthy Vision Month; inspire your patients to prioritize their long-term eye health with the tools that best suit their needs, while embracing practice software that best suits yours!   

Prioritizing Patient Management 

Emphasize the importance of early detection and prevention this Healthy Vision Month by first encouraging patients to schedule routine eye exams. If you’ve got automated recalls, you’re already ahead of the game. If not, Electronic Patient Notifications can quickly save time with automated text and voice reminders for patients, significantly reducing no-shows. Getting to appointments is more critical now than ever. According to the American Optometric Association (AOA) it’s now recommended that adults between the ages of 18 to 64 get an in-person eye and vision exam every year (but you already knew that). As emphasized in Practice Perspective: A Clear Vision with Nichole Moos, O.D., this is your opportunity to educate patients on the benefits of comprehensive eye exams and reconnect the link to overall health and eye wellness—and Eyefinity can help!

Here’s one way we do it!  By leveraging Image Management, you keep all your patient's images ready in one spot to easily review with your patients.  Wrap up the visit by annotating and saving images to a patient’s chart using integrated diagnostic equipment in Eyefinity EHR. They get an exciting peek at their eyes while you deliver personalized care that ensures patients stay informed of their eye health in between exams (win-win!).  

Patient Patterns Are Provider Cues 

In a 2023 press release, the AOA estimated that by 2050 around 2.01 million people will be considered legally blind, 6.95 million will have visual impairment, and 16.4 million will have reduced vision due to uncorrected refractive errors—all estimates nearly doubling since 2015. The data may be astounding, but many providers see this as their cue to take matters into their own hands. Understanding your practice data is the next step to getting ahead of the curve while managing the steady rise of visual impairment and increasing eye health nationwide.  

Eyefinity’s cloud-based software includes analytics capabilities that allow you to gain valuable insight into your patient demographics, trends, and practice performance. With the ability to generate reports with specific diagnoses, you’ll be able to personalize reminders and optimize care for patients with low vision, pre-diabetes/diabetes, and more. But what about those patients who may not require as much close attention?   

Healthy Eyes Still Need to Be Seen 

Let’s be clear: there’s no such thing as the perfect patient, but a lot of “healthy” patients delay routine eye exams until they feel it’s necessary—we’re talking about two, three, sometimes five years before their next appointment! Since they may consider themselves low-risk, underlying issues may be swept under the rug and go unseen for another five years. Encourage them to bridge the gap between exams while helping them take control of their eye health without the hassle. When patients make it in, make it count with the dedicated Eyefinity EHR iPad app. Maintain a smooth and flexible workflow in-app so you can enjoy face-to-face time with patients when it matters most.  

Connecting with your patients and communicating with them via personalized reminders, health tips, and special promotions makes eye care convenient for everyone—this Healthy Vision Month is just the beginning.

Eyefinity’s cloud-based software stands ready to support you and your team in delivering exceptional care and empowering patients to prioritize their eye health all year long.