Transforming eye health at optical retail stores
Vision impairment and blindness affect over 1 billion people worldwide, with numbers projected to reach 1.8 billion by 2050. This growing challenge will strain hospitals immensely and significantly increase healthcare costs. By leveraging artificial intelligence, optical retail stores can revolutionize eye screening, making it more accessible and effective while opening possibilities for additional services.
Instant detection of early eye disease symptoms
iCare RETCAD offers a simple, fast, and reliable solution that helps detect early eye disease symptoms right in the store.
The AI-based iCare RETCAD software combined with iCare DRSplus confocal fundus imaging and iCare ILLUME platform, can offer a simple, fast, and reliable solution that transforms early detection and further streamlines the store workflow.
The Challenge - Enabling efficient eye screening protocol
Detecting the first signs of eye disease is critical in preventing severe conditions and vision loss. However, screenings are often conducted only by specialized optometrists and ophthalmologists in hospitals, which in turn causes:
• Delayed care: Most patients seek help only after symptoms worsen, increasing the workload for hospitals.
• Inefficiencies: Preventable cases overwhelm healthcare systems, adding unnecessary strain.
The key challenge lies in detecting signs earlier while improving the efficiency of patient triage.
The Solution - iCare RETCAD offers early detection of eye diseases
iCare RETCAD empowers optical retail stores to offer quick and reliable eye screenings. By integrating this AI-powered software into their service portfolio, opticians can enhance customer loyalty, streamline vision care, and provide early detection of diabetic retinopathy, age-related macular degeneration, and glaucoma to a broader audience—while also unlocking new revenue streams through expanded service offerings.
Key benefits
- Convenient and accessible care: Eye screenings are conducted in-store without needing a hospital visit.
- Fast and accurate results: Retinal scans are analyzed with clinically validated AI in approximately one minute.
- Clear reporting: A detailed visual report simplifies result interpretation for opticians and customers.
- New revenue opportunities: Expanding services with AI-powered eye screenings enables optical retail stores to attract more customers and offer premium follow-up services.
How it works
- The optician captures retinal images using a fundus camera in-store.
- iCare RETCAD analyzes the images in approximately one minute.
- A detailed examination report is automatically generated, complete with visual results and recommendations.
Proven accuracy
When detecting referable diabetic retinopathy, the performance of iCare RETCAD is on par with that of human experts, as proven in several peer-reviewed publications.
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Revolutionize eye care in optical retail stores
By integrating iCare RETCAD, optical retail stores can deliver accessible and efficient eye screenings, helping prevent vision loss and enhance customer satisfaction.
