Hey, why not. It is legal until some court examines the situation and issues a cease and desist order. It appears to be a portable auto refractor and only tests for refractive error. You will probably have one of these gadgets in your store or near a mall food court near you real soon.
The times, they are a'changing.
so the rx is not finalized until they send it off to one of their network of doctors for approval?
I also love this on their replacement for the lensometer "...Replaces traditional Lensometers: also big, require constant electricity, difficult to use, and don't work on scratched lenses."
just found out how it's legal
"Third, in a short "Terms and Conditions" paragraph, individuals are asked to check a box indicating that they understand that this is not a comprehensive eye exam, what a comprehensive eye exam means and how thats different from what Blink provides, and that a comprehensive exam with an optometrist is recommended every two years. This box must be clicked before vision testing may proceed."
http://www.goblink.co/for-optometrist/
Revolutionary, amazing noone thought of it before.
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Reserving this post for future comments as this is just the tip of what's coming....
I think this is a great example of disruptive technology. Remember, it is disruptive technology that makes the world better, not worse. We simply need to adapt as technology advances.
"Disruptive technology" is TV dinners instead of healthier food. It's a "+1" in one column and a "-10" in many others.
The most shocking part is the part that people consider this shocking, this is nothing new in medicine.
I considered doing this with an ophthalmologist over 10 years ago and have him sign off on an exam through emailed photos and an eyelogic type refractive system.
I decided I didn't want to start a race
to the bottom of the barrel, I valued my time and knowledge too much to waste it becoming a fast order taker.
Last edited by braheem24; 04-23-2015 at 08:59 PM.
Does involve a double billing thought. First a payment $75.00 Blink and should you need further examination, your opto visit (full eye exam) adds another $75.00 -$ 150.00 to the cost. Much easier to just go to the opto that is willing to understand that not all people can afford the cost of a full eye exam.
If eye exam costs keep becoming prohibitive, systems like this will start to gain hold in the optical world.
BTW, I think it it a great idea, and can think of many ways it could be used. The one major drawback is finding a foresighted optometrist, willing to be invoved. Thw whole system balances on the optometric world accepting and mbracing this program. No opto no program.
Some offices do offer patients an refraction only visit to obtain an Rx for glasses.
Also lets not overlook the fact that this company adds an additional 25% upcharge every time you use them after the first visit they perform and you do not get a comprehensive eye exam done between visits by them. So if you use them the first time, its $75 bucks. If you call them a second time and didn't get the eye exam done, they ding you for $93.75 after the 25% upcharge
Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity
Price-wise this is not competitive with comprehensive eye-exams by an OD in my city. The practice I'm with charges U&C $60 for a comprehensive eye-exam, I've seen lower. One still has to wait for the "blink OD" to review and sign-off on a refraction. This wouldn't fly in my town.
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Sign off is only needed for dispensing.
There are laws coming against this.
Forget the idea that eyeglass optics and buyer satisfaction are based in precise metrics. Vision is forever fluid, and nature has evolved us to adapt.
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Get your digital prescription.Our optometrists will prescribe you a fresh prescription for glasses.
Or, if you have a complication they will refer you to a local optometrist for an in-person
comprehensive eye exam.
Even the ODs are remote. Interesting, locals only if involved when there are complications.
Last edited by Chris Ryser; 04-26-2015 at 05:07 AM.
What's stopping independent opticals from doing the same thing. Just offer mobile appointments, as well as in person ones.
if the od feels a comprehensive exam is necessary, have them come into your practice rather than a referral.
Plus, they can look at frames at the same time.
Might just be the answer to compete with online rx glasses sales.
if you believe they are the competition.
Not entirely hypocritical when you consider that these laws would be at the state level, not the federal level. The federal laws are archaic and detrimental to everyone except for a handful of bullies. I always said I believe in government big enough to keep other entities from being bullies without becoming a bully itself.
Everything is being targeted, the difference is what can legally be dealt with. It is difficult or impossible to effectively regulate the internet's unethical or unqualified substitutes for cheap and ignorant people. Many of the sellers are from other countries or engaging in interstate commerce, putting them under the jurisdiction of the federal government that seems to favor the cheap and ignorant. State laws are easier to change. Look at 1800-CONTACTS - unethical and often illegal. You think they aren't at the top of most associations' s***-lists? Forums are nice for venting,but it is a little more effective to also write your representatives and file complaints with the FTC. I report 1800 at least once a year, for example.
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