Why choose Eyecare Associates of Lee’s Summit
Afraid of the Air Puff test? Hate lots of confusing questions? Wondering if you can just squint around the scratches on your glasses? Putting off that eye exam can be tempting, especially if you’re in good health and don’t wear glasses or contacts. How do you choose where you should go for health care? It can be hard to pick a new provider, but hopefully the information below will help make at least the experience of finding eye care easier. (Not from Kansas City area? We wrote this guide to find a great provider wherever you are.) Here are some reasons to choose us.
And in case you’re wondering:
Our office is a No Puff Zone! No air puff tests in sight, we couldn’t run that test if we wanted to.
Experience Eye Care Better
Besides not having the trauma of the air puff test, we work hard to customize your visit to your needs and to put you at ease. Have special request? Fearful about something or wonder what goes on during a visit? Our staff can help ease your fears before you arrive over the phone, text or email. Want to tour our office before your visit? We created a 3-D tour to demystify your visit long before you ever step foot in our office.
Benefits don’t end when your appointment does
Some of the value you get when you choose our office for your eye care is when you join us as a patient, you’re gaining more than just a once-a-year visit. By choosing us, you’re gaining peace of mind that our doctors have your back for all your eye care and vision needs.
Our many post appointment perks include:
- 24/7 urgent care access to OUR doctors, not some random person across town who doesn’t have access to your records or know your history
- Glasses, contact lens or eye disease experts are just a call away for questions (and yes, our staff or doctor actually calls you back)
- Expert referrals to specialists based on your needs and preferences; rather than leave you to figure it out, we set up the appointment for you as well as send and receive correspondence about your care
- Issues with your glasses or contacts? No problem. We want you to see well and will work to fix your issue
- We’ll never force you to purchase anything or buy contacts without trying them out first.
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We’re part of this community, become part of ours
When you choose us for your eye care, you’re not just getting a 20-30 minute visit with our doctor, you’re joining a community of people who share your values. Our office focuses on wellness, education and outcomes. Many of our patients have been with us for years and are our friends and neighbors; literally hundreds of patients have at least 1 of our doctors’ personal cell phone numbers. It’s hard to treat you like a number when we go to the same events, our kids attend the same schools and we shop at the same places you do. Even if we don’t know you from the community, our doctors and staff take the time to get to know you on a personal level to help develop lasting relationships. Then when you do see us out and about, be sure to say hello and we’ll be thrilled to catch up!
Our Eye Care Values: Prevention and Wellness Care
We value your sight as much as you do and during your exam our doctors examine your eyes for many diseases. Diseases such as glaucoma, cataracts and macular degeneration can lurk silently for years before they start to affect your vision; by the time you notice them, your vision may have reached an advanced stage that makes successful treatment much more difficult. A comprehensive eye exam at our clinic can reveal even the earliest signs of such problems, giving us the best possible chance to treat them before they impact your vision.
Education: yours and ours
Our doctors spend much of their time with patients educating them about how to prevent diseases in the first place. Be it nutrition for dry eye and macular degeneration, or what cosmetics you should use on and around your eyes, we customize our advice to what you need. We read the studies so you don’t have to!
Our doctors also spend a few weekends a year staying current on the latest technology, techniques and clinical care. We offer a few specialty services that has patients from all over the region visiting us. This includes scleral and hard lens fittings (especially for dry eye and keratoconus patients), cutting edge dry eye treatments, comprehensive knowledge about the best (and worst) eye related skin care and cosmetics, and myopia management.
Outcomes : Changes in your vision or eye health
The eyes change over time in a variety of ways – from needing reading glasses to slow aging changes like cataracts – but your vision should remain pretty good your whole life. Vision screening and other tests can help us find out what is causing your trouble so we can correct it. When something is uncovered, we want to ensure all you focus on is getting well. Our office will coordinate your referral with the recommended specialist, setting appointments and sending exam notes. Our doctors will educate you about what to expect with treatment and often we visit with patients after they see the specialist to review what has happened and confirm all their questions about the process are answered.
The health care system is scary and sometimes doctors or surgeons don’t have enough time to explain everything to you. We pride ourselves on giving you peace of mind that you can ask us any questions at any time during the process and we will take our time to give you the answers you need.
We are here for you
If you still have questions about how something might work at our office, please contact us and give us an opportunity to earn your business. We want you to have an eye care experience not just an eye exam.
Now that you have all the reasons to see, schedule a comprehensive eye exam with one of the highly qualified eye doctors right now while those reasons are still fresh in your mind.
Our skilled team can help you see more clearly for life but you have to make the first step. Please call or text us at 816-524-8900.
Updated June 2022 by Dr. Laura, our resident contact lens specialist and ocular nutritionist.
