Optometry is a rapidly changing profession with ever increasing expectations that “standard of care” includes in-depth imaging such as optical coherence tomography (OCT), retinal photos, corneal topography and ocular biometry. Often, the diagnosis of disease is reliant on the results of a variety of these investigations and with so much information at hand, it can take time to sift through it all. 

Already, we have access to a variety of integrated software platforms which allow streamlined and integrated viewing of many of these devices. This has the potential to increase diagnostic confidence, promote clinical efficiency and support patient education. As such, it is likely that integrated software platforms with the ability to collate data into user friendly and output rich interfaces will also become the standard of care in the future.