AI+ Optometrists
Diagnose, Document and Grow Your Eye Care Practice with AI
AI is already in your retinal camera. Now put it to work across your whole practice.
AI is already in your retinal camera and your OCT — but most optometrists have no professional framework for governing it. *AI+ Optometrists* introduces the **SIGHT Protocol** for safe AI in eye care, the **EXAM Framework** for AI across the full consultation, 29 copy-ready prompt templates, and a **90-Day Vision AI Plan** with five measurable impact metrics. Built by an AI engineering firm for optometrists who hold the clinical standard — and need the tools to protect it.
- The SIGHT Protocol — five professional safety checkpoints covering biometric data governance, automation bias, regulatory validation, handover documentation, and threshold awareness
- The EXAM Framework — AI integration at every consultation stage: Enquire, eXamine, Analyse, Manage
- A six-step structured process for integrating AI imaging flags into your clinical decisions for DR, AMD, and glaucoma
- 29 copy-ready prompt templates across clinical notes, HES referrals, patient letters, specialist services, and practice operations
- A 90-Day Vision AI Plan with five impact metrics, structured for solo practitioners, multi-practitioner practices, and employed optometrists
A practising registered optometrist at any career stage — from newly qualified to senior clinician or practice principal. Working in community optometry (independent or multiple-chain), hospital eye services, contact lens practice, or specialist clinical optometry. Registered with their national regulatory body (GOC in the UK, ABO in the US, AHPRA in Australia, or equivalent). Sees a mix of NHS (or equivalent publicly funded) and private patients.
Also for:Dispensing opticians seeking to apply AI in patient-facing and administrative roles; optometry students in final clinical year; practice managers in optometry settings; hospital optometrists working alongside ophthalmology teams.
- Apply the SIGHT Protocol to evaluate any AI tool before use with patient ocular data, retinal images, or clinical decisions
- Integrate AI across the full optometric consultation using the EXAM Framework — from history taking through management planning
- Use AI to produce clinical documentation, referral letters, and patient communications that meet professional regulatory standards
- Identify appropriate AI use cases across specialist optometric services (retinal imaging, contact lens, dry eye, myopia management)
- Build and execute a 90-day AI adoption plan for an independent or employed optometry context
- Diagnostic
- How AI-ready is your eye care practice?
- Chapter 1
- AI in Optometry Right Now
- Chapter 2
- The SIGHT Protocol: Safe AI in Eye Care
- Chapter 3
- Clear Vision: AI for Retinal Imaging and Disease Detection
- Chapter 4
- Perfect Prescription: AI for Refraction and Visual Function
- Chapter 5
- The EXAM Framework: Your AI-Assisted Consultation
- Chapter 6
- Write It Better: AI for Clinical Records and Referral Letters
- Chapter 7
- The Conversation: AI for Patient Communication and Education
- Chapter 8
- Lenses, Dry Eye, and Specialist Services: AI in Clinical Optometry
- Chapter 9
- Running the Practice: AI for Operations and Business Growth
- Chapter 10
- Your 90-Day Vision AI Plan
- Back matter
- Skill Summary · Recommended Next Reads · Glossary · Tool Reference
The clinical standard is yours to hold. This book gives you the tools to hold it.
