AI ideas for optometrists

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Patient data should only go into HIPAA compliant tools whose vendor signs a BAA with your practice.

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Quick to set up

Annual exam recalls by return date

The busywork: Patients let their yearly eye exam slide.
How AI helps: Reminders go out as their return date nears, and they can text back.

Rule we review with you. Patient data should only go into HIPAA compliant tools whose vendor signs a BAA with your practice.

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Eyewear ready notifications

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Eyewear ready notifications

The busywork: Patients call asking if their glasses are in.
How AI helps: A text goes out when the order arrives, and they can pay by text.

Medical vs vision plan routing

Some setup

Medical vs vision plan routing

The busywork: A red eye might bill to medical or vision insurance.
How AI helps: AI flags visit reasons that point to medical billing for staff to review.

Rule we review with you. Patient data should only go into HIPAA compliant tools whose vendor signs a BAA with your practice.

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Diabetic eye exam reports to PCPs

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Diabetic eye exam reports to PCPs

The busywork: Sending diabetic exam findings back to the family doctor.
How AI helps: AI drafts the letter from the exam record, and the optometrist signs it.

Rule we review with you. Patient data should only go into HIPAA compliant tools whose vendor signs a BAA with your practice.

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Contact lens annual supply reorders

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Contact lens annual supply reorders

The busywork: Patients run out of contacts mid year.
How AI helps: AI drafts reorder reminders based on their supply.

Rule we review with you. Patient data should only go into HIPAA compliant tools whose vendor signs a BAA with your practice.

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Post exam frame and lens benefit reminders

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Post exam frame and lens benefit reminders

The busywork: Vision benefits go unused and reset at year end.
How AI helps: AI reminds patients with unused eyewear benefits before they expire.

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Waitlist fill for exam cancellations

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Waitlist fill for exam cancellations

The busywork: A same day opening goes unused.
How AI helps: Patients on the waitlist get a text offering the slot.

Retinal image explanations

Some setup

Retinal image explanations

The busywork: Explaining a retinal photo to a patient.
How AI helps: AI drafts a plain summary of the doctor's findings to go with the image.

Rule we review with you. Patient data should only go into HIPAA compliant tools whose vendor signs a BAA with your practice.

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Lab invoice and credit check

Some setup

Lab invoice and credit check

The busywork: Lab prices creep up without notice, and remake credits go missing.
How AI helps: AI checks lab invoices against your agreed prices and matches credits to remakes. It drafts follow up messages on late orders for staff to send.

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