Despite the growing need for medical eyecare services, more than 70 percent of the average optometrist’s income still comes from goods and services related to glasses and contact lenses. But challenges from online vendors and the advent of virtual or automated vision screenings will make it increasingly difficult to succeed at this model. Meanwhile, the demand for medical eyecare services is expanding at a rate nearly three times that of comprehensive eye exams. Someone must care for these patients and, in many cases, this responsibility is ours. Review of Optometry’s Paul Karpecki, OD, believes this is the year to embrace medical optometry or even consider a specialty. Read More.