Raphael Rostenne walks Diana Canto-Sims, OD, through demos on EyeCarePro's AI voice agent for fielding phone calls.
|Articles|May 1, 2012
4 disruptions challenge independent practice
Is the independent optometrist being threatened much like small bookstores and neighborhood pharmacies?
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She bases part of her analysis on the results of a 2010 survey of 6,000 U.S. consumers, exploring current customer preferences-where they go for exams and buy materials-and their anticipated future buying habits.
Spaulding outlined four major disruptions for skepticism about the future of independent optometry:
"It makes sense that customers would trust and remain loyal to their optometrists for exams but seek more value from online vendors or mass merchandisers for materials," Spaulding said.
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