Low to No Risk

10

Moderate Risk

0

High Risk

0

Extreme Risk

0

• 1.2Examine eyes, using observation, instruments, and pharmaceutical agents, to determine visual acuity and perception, focus, and coordination and to diagnose diseases and other abnormalities, such as glaucoma or color blindness.
• 0.5Analyze test results and develop a treatment plan.
• 1.2Prescribe, supply, fit and adjust eyeglasses, contact lenses, and other vision aids.
• 1.2Prescribe medications to treat eye diseases if state laws permit.
• 2Educate and counsel patients on contact lens care, visual hygiene, lighting arrangements, and safety factors.
• 0.5Consult with and refer patients to ophthalmologist or other health care practitioner if additional medical treatment is determined necessary.
• 0.5Remove foreign bodies from the eye.
• 1.3Provide patients undergoing eye surgeries, such as cataract and laser vision correction, with pre- and post-operative care.
• 0.5Prescribe therapeutic procedures to correct or conserve vision.
• 0.9Provide vision therapy and low-vision rehabilitation.

0.0% of Optometrists tasks can be automated with AI or robotics