05/09/2014
Scary stuff. An "online" eye exam is NOT an eye exam. "Anyone claiming to perform an eye exam without physically examining a patient is offering insufficient, ambiguous information and is contributing to a patient believing – incorrectly – that his or her eye health needs have been met.’”
http://mailview.bulletinhealthcare.com/mailview.aspx?m=2014050901aoa&r=3084885-160a
Crain’s Chicago Business (5/9, Sweeney) reports that Chicago, IL-based Opternative Inc. a start-up company, claims to be “developing the first online exam to deliver an accurate, valid prescription,” in the hope of changing the way people get eye examinations. However, “the American Optometric Asso…