The OPD-Scan III helps us to understand the reasons the patients complain whether they came for the first visit after getting glasses from the optometrist or looking into refractive surgery or a premium surgery so we can have a satisfactory outcome. To me, practice efficiency is more important than seeing how many patients you can see in an hour, it also means how consistent outcomes that you and the patients aim for. So the practice efficiency from the OPD-Scan III for many reasons: 1) Takes up very little space and all-in-one tests in one station 2) The speed of doing the test and the ease of which the staff can get trained and comfortable is excellent and repeatable consistent with the data but also what is very important to me when using technologies like these. I have happy patients, less re-treatments, more consistent outcomes - that is the higher level of excellency.

Our revenue per patient has risen. In part, that’s because the technology allows me to show people the changes in the Rx with a push of a button. Now I can say, "Here’s what you came in with, and here’s what I can do for you today." When I had to hold lenses over their eyeglasses, it was much more difficult to show how even minor shifts could have an impact on their overall vision.

I purchased the OPD-Scan III which replaced my OPD-Scan II.  The old system gave me great results for six years but the new one is amazing! My office runs more efficiently and I believe it is much more accurate.  There have been a number of times that I have put in the “wavefront” prescription and have gotten better results than the patients subjective.  The patients like the blue light better - they say it is easier to look at.  Thank you, Marco, for the new and improved OPD - I am saving more time and it does make the day more streamlined.

Today, we have eleven Epic systems in seven offices, with integrated OPD-Scan II and III refractive diagnostic workstations. Our Epic technicians perform about two thirds of the workup, including the topography and keratometry measurements needed for IOL calculations.