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| Center For Sight Installs Free Vision Screening Kiosks in Select Sweetbay Supermarket Locations |
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| Wednesday, 01 September 2010 20:42 |
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Committed to increasing eye health awareness and encouraging regular eye exams, Center For Sight has installed EyeSite(TM) Kiosks in three Sweetbay(R) Supermarket locations. Providing personalized vision health information, these kiosks bring the latest in award-winning technology free to consumers through their local Sweetbay(R) Supermarket. EyeSite(TM) Kiosks (about the size of the familiar self-test blood pressure units) will be available for self-directed exams that take about five minutes to perform. Vision Screening The interactive kiosks are free to use and provide consumers with a quick, accurate assessment of near and distance vision. Using touch-screen technology, users are presented with a letter recognition eye-chart exam and asked to answer a series of lifestyle questions. EyeSite(TM) kiosks are not a replacement for a regular eye exam, but they do generate a printed, customized report of the results along with relevant eye health information. Users are encouraged to schedule a comprehensive exam and share the report with an eye care professional. Surveys have found that as much as 25% of the population has never had a comprehensive, dilated eye examination. "Vision changes can go unnoticed for years," said Dr. William Lahners, Medical Director of Center For Sight and LASIK, Cataract and Lens Replacement Surgeon. "Our goal is to raise awareness of eye health issues, beyond vision correction, and to take steps to minimize these long term risks. Half of all age-related blindness is preventable if eye problems are detected and treated early. " For adults, data shows that the number of Americans with age-related eye disease such as glaucoma, macular degeneration and diabetic eye disease is expected to double by the year 2030. User-friendly, practical tools like the EyeSite(TM) Kiosk offer a way to reverse this trend through a self-directed, proactive focus on eye health. Center For Sight hopes to encourage community residents to take a more active role in their eye health through making this technology available in convenient, familiar surroundings. A listing and map of Sweetbay locations where the EyeSite(TM) Kiosks are located can be found by visiting www.solo-health.com. Center For Sight is a multi-physician practice with offices throughout Southwest Florida. For more information about EyeSite(TM) Kiosks , please contact Frances Wilhelm, Director of Sales and Marketing, at 941-480-2137 or fwilhelm@centerforsight.net. With locations throughout Southwest Florida, Center For Sight is the nation's leading multi-disciplinary physician group providing patients worldwide with advanced healthcare in ophthalmology, optometry, dermatology, cosmetic facial surgery and hearing services. Under the clinical direction of David W. Shoemaker, M.D. and William J. Lahners, M.D., F.A.C.S., Center For Sight has eight offices located in Sarasota, Venice, Bradenton, Englewood, North Port and Sun City Center. For more information, visit www.centerforsight.net Add this page to your favorite Social Bookmarking websites |
