Imperial Optical, Inc. Partners with Wolf Bioscience to Develop ECP WebSolutions
Imperial Optical, Inc., the leading independent wholesale contact lens distributor in North America, has entered into an agreement in principle with Wolf Bioscience (WBS), a practice management and health care IT consulting firm, to develop ECP WebSolutions. ECP WebSolutions will give independent eyecare practices a fully customized website with the ability to offer their contact lens patients the convenience of online or toll-free phone ordering of contact lenses 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Rouses Point, NY (PRWEB) February 11, 2005 -- Imperial Optical, Inc., the
leading independent wholesale contact lens distributor in North America, has
entered into an agreement in principle with Wolf Bioscience (WBS), a practice
management and health care IT consulting firm, to develop ECP
WebSolutions.
ECP WebSolutions will give independent eyecare practices a
fully customized website with the ability to offer their contact lens patients
the convenience of online or toll-free phone ordering of contact lenses 24 hours
a day, 365 days a year. ECP WebSolutions will be powered by Wolf Bioscience’s
highly reliable PatientWire® technology.
Samir Gad, Imperial Optical’s
President and C.E.O. commented: “We have made a significant investment in this
project because we know that in order to grow our business, we need to provide
our strategic partners the tools to grow their contact lens practices. ECP
WebSolutions will give eyecare providers a fully-customized website complete
with an integrated online store to better meet the increasing consumer demand
for a trusted, secure and convenient source of replacement contact lenses
online.”
David Pearce, Imperial’s Marketing Manager said, “Every three
seconds there is an online search for an eyecare provider-related product or
service. According to a recent survey of our practitioner base, only one in
three had a website. Fewer than one in ten offered their patients the
convenience of ordering their contacts online.”
“We asked eyecare
providers what their most pressing concerns were when it came to their contact
lens practice. The overwhelming response was loss of patients to online contact
lens retailers. ECP WebSolutions will provide independent eyecare practitioners
a tool to gain access to the 110 million online searchers in the U.S., grow
their practice and provide their patients the option of ordering their
replacement lenses online,” Pearce added.
Gad concluded, “We chose WBS to
develop ECP WebSolutions for us because of their solid understanding of the
business requirements for a successful eyecare practice in today’s competitive
environment.”
Dr. Adam W. Farkas, MD, MBA, is President and C.E.O. of
Wolf Bioscience and has extensive knowledge of software development for the
medical community. Dr. Paul Farkas, MS, OD, FAAO, (and father of Dr. Adam
Farkas), is Wolf Bioscience’s Vice President of Professional Relations. Dr.
Farkas has over 40 years’ experience in optometry and is a founding partner of
Farkas, Kassalow and Resnick, one of the largest specialty optometric practices
in the United States.
Imperial Optical expects ECP WebSolutions to
become available to eyecare providers throughout the U.S. by mid-March, 2005. To
learn more about ECP WebSolutions, contact David Pearce at
800-367-8422.
Imperial Optical, Inc., founded in 1989, is the largest
independent wholesale contact lens distributor in North America specifically
focused on providing eyecare professionals with one-stop access to a superior
selection of value-priced, top quality, branded contact lenses and a commitment
to customer service known throughout the industry as the “Imperial Advantage.”
To learn more about Imperial Optical, Inc., the “Imperial Advantage” or how to
become an Imperial Optical Strategic Partner, visit www.imperialoptical.com.
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