Eye Connect CSA Video (1)

Macular Disease Foundation Australia launches new Eye Connect service.

Transcript

00:00That's a lot of information I've given you about AMD.

00:03I'll see you at your next appointment.

00:05Ah, ah, ah, ah!

00:07You know you can't follow them home.

00:09But only 56% of patients understand the basics of their diagnosis.

00:15You're worried your recommendations won't be followed

00:18or even understood.

00:20And 20% of patients with wet AMD

00:22stop their eye injections within the first year.

00:25Once they've left your clinic,

00:28you can't be there to check that they've remembered everything every day.

00:33Will she take her ARIDS 2 supplements?

00:35Will she use her Amsler grid?

00:39And 58% of patients can't remember the advice that they were given

00:43to change their lifestyle.

00:45Will my patient be one of the 83% of people

00:48who don't know where to go for low vision assistance

00:50or support in handling their diagnosis?

00:54Does she really understand the importance of a healthy lifestyle?

00:58Really? Really?

01:00Tennis?!

01:01Studies have shown there's a gap

01:03between what clinicians have shared

01:05and what your patient has heard.

01:07Because you can't follow them home,

01:09why not connect your patients to iConnect

01:12so they can be supported in between their visits to you?

01:16That's a lot of information I've given to you about AMD.

01:19I'll see you at your next appointment.

01:21Until then, I'd like to connect you with the free iConnect service

01:24provided by Macular Disease Foundation.

01:27They'll provide the support at home when I can't.

01:30iConnect provides personalised expert advice and support

01:34that helps anyone with a macular disease diagnosis

01:36take control of their eye health between visits to the clinic.

01:40Connect your patients to iConnect today.

01:43For details on how to refer, visit our website

01:45or call us on 1800 111 709.

01:51iConnect.