SoloHealth teams with Schnucks at 30 locations
Special to The American
SoloHealth has teamed with Schnuck Markets to provide its EyeSit self-service vision testing and self-directed healthcare kiosks in 30 area Schnucks stores.
The interactive kiosks are free to use and provide consumers with a quick, accurate assessment of their near and distance vision. They also assess risk, provide relevant eye health information and encourage consumers to schedule a comprehensive eye exam with their eye care professional or select an eye doctor from a list of local providers.
A recent study by the National Eye Institute found that the prevalence of myopia (nearsightedness) in persons aged 12 to 54 years has risen dramatically over the past 30 years.
According to Prevent Blindness America, nearly one in four adults over age 40 in Missouri has some form of eye problem. That group also projects that the number of Americans with age-related eye disease and the vision impairment that results is expected to double within the next three decades.
Among the more than 275,000 consumers who have used SoloHealth’s EyeSite kiosks around the country to date, more than 30 percent failed the near vision test and more than 26 percent failed the distance test. Twenty five percent of those using the kiosks had never previously had an eye exam.
EyeSite kiosks are not a replacement for a regular eye exam. Consumers answer a series of lifestyle questions on a touch screen and are presented with various sized letters to determine near and distance acuity. They then receive a customized report of their results, which they can share directly with an eye doctor.