EyeDock is expanding its online clinical reference services for optometrists with the introduction of a new artificial intelligence (AI) assistant: AskEyeDock AI.
First, let’s get a look at EyeDock.
The online clinical reference and toolkit was established in 2002 by optometrist Todd Zarwell, OD, FAAO, as a way to help eyecare providers (ECPs) with their day-to-day patient care.
Fast forward to 2018: EyeDock was acquired by Rev360 (and Dr. Zarwell joined its leadership team).
And in 2023: EyeDock merged into the ODs on Finance network and, since then, is reported to have grown into the #1 clinical tool for ODs.
- Dr. Zarwell is currently listed as chief technology officer of EyeDock.
Duly noted. So tell me more about what EyeDock offers.
This subscription-based optometry resource offers what it calls a “complete clinical toolkit” of the most-used clinical resources combined into one workspace.
EyeDock describes itself as designed to “sit beside your EMR, not to replace a browser tab you have to hunt for.”
As for its format: That’s also versatile, with ECPs able to choose from a universal search bar, Chrome extension, and an iPhone or iPad shortcut.
… and what’s included in this toolkit?
Quite a few features, starting with:
- Contact lens database
- 125+ soft and specialty lenses searchable by modality, brand, parameter, or Dk; filterable by design, indication, diameter, and more (including refraction)
- Lens comparisons
- Soft lenses viewable on a either a side-by-side chart or table, based on Dk, water content, modulus, center thickness, and power range
- Medications and ICD-10 codes
- Filterable generic and branded ophthalmic medications with dosing, ingredients, and drug classes
- Over 70K eye-related codes with billable status and 7th-character guidance
What else?
- Coding
- Inventory of E/M, CPT, and modifiers, documented protocols, and clinical examples; includes coded widgets
- Ocular and systemic conditions
- Database of 200+ ocular conditions searchable by name, sign, or symptoms with associate workup, treatment, and follow-up as well as linked medications and diagnosis codes
- Clinical references
- Grading, classification and staging systems, differentials, plus drug and disease comparables in one searchable place
Check out the clinical and patient education tools and optics calculators available.
Alrighty, now let’s get to this AI addition.
The basics: EyeDock AI is designed as a clinical assistant with the answers to questions that may come up in practice—all by referring to its internal database (rather than the open internet).
A few example questions:
- Which lens fits a refraction?
- What’s the dosing of a specific drug?
- Which code applies?
In each response, the assistant includes a link to the respective EyeDock page it’s sourced from so a clinician can verify the accuracy and get further context.
So it can answer questions … what else?
As the company noted:
- When asked about a lens, it reads that lens's entry.
- When asked for a code, it looks the code up.
- When asked to vertex a refraction, it runs EyeDock's own calculator instead of doing the arithmetic itself.
And if an answer isn’t available within the EyeDock database, it lets a clinician know.
See here for specific scenarios and its capabilities. And get a visual of how it all works by clicking here.
Next: Let’s talk about access.
EyeDock AI is available with all EyeDock subscriptions—including a free 14-day trial for clinicians interested in testing the resource out.
How it works: Each account operates on a credit system, with 300 hundred free credits for each seat in a practice's account to start.
- For every straightforward lookup using the program, one credit is used.
- For a question that requires deeper reasoning, six credits are used.
- Additional credits are available as “one-time packs” beginning with 500 credits for $20.
Speaking of pricing ….
There’s two subscription options: individual and practice/groups.
For a look at both plans and their respective pricing options, click here.
Also worth mentioning: Current students and faculty from an accredited school of optometry can get free access (with a coupon) to EyeDock Pro by signing up here.
Any other notes?
EyeDock emphasized that it is a clinical reference—not a medical record. “The assistant asks users not to enter patient identifiers, and conversation history is deleted automatically after 30 days,” the company added.