Latest News Eye Care Leaders Launches Eye Care Visionaries at Hawaiian Eye Meeting By Staff Monday, January 23, 2017 12:21 AM DURHAM, N.C.—Eye Care Leaders (ECL), which operates a group of companies active in the electronic health records (EHRs) sector, has launched Eye Care Visionaries, a program bringing together ophthalmology and optometry leaders to tackle challenges faced today by eyecare practices, according to a statement the company issued last week.ECL noted in its statement that Eye Care Visionaries is “a revolutionary new initiative, establishing a member-only peer network dedicated to furthering the eyecare profession through unique insights, tools and innovation.” The program officially kicked off Jan. 18 at Hawaiian Eye 2017 with a panel discussion on the topic, “Take the Lead: Comply & Thrive by Transforming Regulations from Burden to Benefit.”“We are thrilled to launch Visionaries with ‘Take the Lead,’ an important conversation that truly underscores the hurdles our industry faces and the solutions that this exciting initiative is all about,” Eye Care Leaders president Jim Alland said in the statement. “We believe looking within the eyecare industry, bringing together the most forward-thinking and insightful individuals through the Visionaries program will result in not only connecting eyecare leaders to each other, but also will develop real solutions to the most difficult problems practices and physicians deal with every day.”ECL, a family of companies serving more than 6,000 ophthalmologists and optometrists, brings together leading names in EHRs, including Medflow, Integrity EMR, MDoffice, ManagementPlus, IO Practiceware and EyeDoc. It also offers a comprehensive suite of business solutions such as revenue-cycle solutions, analytics and benchmarking, patient retention and acquisition and capital financing.