Maria Sampalis, OD, tells Diana Canto-Sims, OD, in this week's episode that the biggest impact AI has made at her practice is when used in the exam room as a scribe for routine patients.

Maria Sampalis, OD, is an advocate for getting artificial intelligence to do tasks that provide more time to spend with patients, such as letter-writing.

In the latest episode of The Independent Advantage, Maria Sampalis, OD, gives a resounding "absolutely not" when posited with the question of whether or not eye care providers will be replaced by AI.

In the first episode of the second season of The Independent Advantage, Diana Canto-Sims, OD, chats with practice owner Maria Sampalis, OD, on why artificial intelligence has boomed in practice ownership spaces.

A comparison of ETDRS charts using Latin letters, Tumbling E, and Landolt C optotypes found the alternatives are comparable to letter acuity at the population level.

An independent analysis of 600 patients across 20 US optometry offices found contact lens wearers generate 29% to 86% higher annual profits than eyeglasses-only patients.

Sharon Fekrat, MD, FACS, FASRS, of Duke University, discusses how retinal imaging fits into the diagnostic picture for CVI, TBI, and neurodegenerative disease, and when eye care professionals should suspect a neurological cause.

Catch up on the top stories in optometry during the week of September 21-September 25.