
SynergEyes iD: Patient Selection = Patient Success
There’s no denying, doctors and patients are having terrific success with SynergEyes iD!...
Jeffrey Sonsino, O.D., F.A.A.O.
Many articles have been written about proper patient selection being critical for success with multifocal lenses. We’re told to choose patients who have realistic (i.e., low) expectations, non-critical vision needs, and a history of diminishing success with monovision. While this may be the prevailing way to think about patient care, it’s not the way I think about it.
One of my goals as an eye care professional is to always offer the newest and best options for my patients. We try new contact lens strategies, and if they do not deliver better results, we return to the original modality or some variant of it. We may have lost a visit, but in the patient’s eyes, I just went out of my way to try to give them something more. In the end, I allow them to make decisions about their care and don’t try to guess at what will and will not work. The truth is, a lens strategy will work if the patient has some understanding of the technology and believes that it is the best option for them.
With that being said, which patients do I select for multifocals? Anyone presbyopic! Here’s the qualifier: To be successful, you must explain the technology in simple terms and set expectations in black and white.
I call this “The Talk” and it includes several key elements:
Once “The Talk” has been delivered, the rest is up to the fitter. New technology will certainly seem to be unknown, scary, and more time consuming in the beginning. But after fitting a few patients, the fear factor subsides and you will have much more success than you may have anticipated.
There’s no denying, doctors and patients are having terrific success with SynergEyes iD!...
Carlsbad, CA (October 10, 2018) – SynergEyes, Inc., the worldwide leader in hybrid contact lens technology, is pleased to...