Interesting and relevant note, my very first patient today was a new patient who was referred to us by another patient because we had this "new machine that was better than the old 1 or 2 machine his old doctor had."  He spent $850 in our optical (total bill $1090) and scheduled his wife and daughter.  Next three months of payments -- CHECK (paid for) -- all because of the EPIC and it's only 9:30 Monday morning.

Optical conversions are dependent on many factors, not the least of which is the patient’s perception of their need to update their vision or style.  The OPD-driven TRS digital refraction process allows me to compare patients’ refractive outcomes with their current glasses.  One touch of the button and I can simultaneously demonstrate the difference - allowing the patient to “see for themselves” the magnitude of improvement and the value of the change.  My conversion rate and multiple pair metrics have never been higher.

The OPD can help you offer your patients a night vision assessment to determine the best Rx for driving at night. When we use the OPD, we note that about 50% of our older patients have a shift in their vision from day to night and about 15% to 20% determine the shift is great enough to to warrant purchasing a second pair of glasses.

For 10 years, we’ve been using the EPIC to refract most patients in 10 minutes or less, which means we have a long track record of seeing six patients per hour. We couldn’t do that with a manual refraction system.