Clearly in the era of COVID-19, the way we practice eye care has been impacted in ways we never saw coming just a few months ago. "Social distancing" is now a phrase we see applied to all aspects of how we interact with others outside of our home setting.

When we decided to look at how we could maintain our distance form our patients, yet still provide state of the art patient care, an automated refractor immediately came to mind. The TRS provided the solution we were looking for. It allows me to maintain a distance of over 6 feet, and if the user really wanted to, they could even refract from another room altogether. It also integrated with my autorefractor as well as my EMR, so the data transfer is seamless.

So in our quest for maintaining a safer environment for our patients as well as our staff, Marco's TRS was just what we needed.

...Interpreting refractive data - not gathering it - will remain the cornerstone of Optometry. The future of the profession rests on its ability to adopt more of a medical model toward gathering patient data. Quantitative measures can be done on machines. A doctor should only perform functions that require clinical judgment.

The Marco Total Refraction System has been a wonderful addition to our practice. It has helped us with clinical flow and efficiencies; improving glasses and contact prescription accuracy while decreasing the time to do glare testing etc. Our surgeons also depend on the OPD wavefront analysis to improve their outcomes. The system is a proven part of our refractive success!

I love the topo and the higher order aberrations calculations on the OPD. It helps me to show and explain to those difficult to refract patients why they can see as well as they want to be able to see. The OPD and TRS in series integrate seamlessly with our EMR. This allows us to import all that important data without the fear of data entry errors. Plus it is so much faster and efficient for the patient to have that data imported into our EMR.

The real reason I got my first TRS was because I was having shoulder problems from having my arms in the air all day with the manual phoropters. Almost immediately after I got my first TRS my discomfort went away and I felt better. I got one for my second exam room right away. My partner ordered two for his exam rooms, too. I can’t say with certainty that our optical sales have increased by a particular % but patients do appreciate seeing the improvement their new eyewear will give them. The other thing that came to me was that the TRS has made teaching our technicians to refract a breeze. The fact that they do preliminary refractions for all my exams gives me more face to face time with my patients and helps me to move between rooms more easily.

The TRS is completely programmable, allowing for the delegation of the refraction to staff, if needed. It features the ability to compare the new prescription with the old one at the touch of a button, as well as a one-touch toggle for "quick refract" series.

I am having fun exploring the options of my new Maserati, the Marco TRS. Quite an upgrade. All in all it is great to have working. The TRS is so wonderful, it keeps me able to practice without the posture and residual shoulder pain. This instrument probably extended my career by 20 years or more. I was always grumpy and in pain at work. Actually dreaded work, not the patients but the pain. Now I am gung ho, adapting the instrument options to my unique patients and having fun. Thank you and your company for this ergonometric salvation, for a fun experience installing, and allowing me to continue to serve my patients.

After using the TRS for the past two and a half years, I would never want to go back to using the old phoropter. In our Pontiac location, the TRS has made it possible to train our technicians to refract. This allows us more face to face time with patients to educate them about conditions and answer their questions.

Before installing my new Marco Total Refraction Systems, I was experiencing neck and shoulder pain. My discomfort has markedly decreased. By making the refractive process faster, I am able to fit more patients into the day. This frees up time for administrative duties, patients are impressed by the technology. Thank you Marco for making refracting exciting again!

After using the TRS for the past two and a half years, I would never want to go back to using the old phoropter. In our Pontiac location, the TRS has made it possible to train our technicians to refract. This allows us more face to face time with patients to educate them about conditions and answer their questions.

The awe expressed by patients after experiencing the Marco TRS Digital Refractor provides a value that cannot be quantified. Further, the precision of the final refraction allows for truly excellent vision, a great reduction in remakes and, most importantly, happy patients. From the data upload to final refraction is 3-5 minutes, allowing for more than two patients more per day, which, in turn, generates an increase in revenue of $696. Our optical sales have increased each year at least 15 percent on average.

Having the TRS system has cut down so much on the time required to enter data into the phoropter and into the electronic health record. It shortens the time doing the refraction, and the choices are easier for patients, who often get stressed about determining which is clearer.

Our practice’s favorite refractor is the Marco TRS. Not only is it quiet, fast, efficient and comfortable, but it also has the "cool" factor. It allows us to evaluate, document and auto-populate (using our Exam Writer software) each patient’s unaided visual acuity, lensometer reading, acuities with eyeglasses, auto-refraction, subjective refraction values, associated acuities, phorias and even the keratometer readings (if your ARK or OPD is synched up). You can even check and document phorias, vergences, fusion status, stereopsis, near acuities, NPA, NPC, NRA and PRA. If the TRS could read and fit soft contact lenses, it might be able to examine patients without me!

The Marco technology has certainly increased productivity within my practice. The TRS has not only improved my efficiency, but has enhanced my patient’s experience. Patients love the technology and we loves its positive impact on our practice in the exam lane, in optical and in patient referrals.

The process Marco implements, leads to increased profitability and efficiency. The EPIC allows more quality time with patients to make recommendations, while increasing the number of patients I can see each day. It also has a tremendous WOW effect on patients!