Patient-Centric AI: Aligning Technology with Value-Based Care Goals
“No thanks. Can I just have my prescription, please?” That sentence is now echoing across exam lanes nationwide, and the numbers confirm it isn’t an anomaly. In 2025, comprehensive exams without a purchase rose from 57.6% to 58.9%. By Q1 2026, the industry crossed 60% for the first time.1 The Vision Council’s Market inSights 2025 report called it an unusual year: unit sales declined across optical categories even as total market value edged up, driven by higher prices and trading up, not more transactions. Patients bought fewer products and had fewer exams.2 Treatment categories tell an even sharper story:…
