Topcon Announces the US Launch of RDx Telehealth Software Platform

Topcon Healthcare announced that it has launched its new Topcon RDx ocular telehealth software platform in the US market.

Topcon RDx is an eye health exam platform that allows practitioners to connect to their office remotely and conduct comprehensive eye exams in real-time from virtually anywhere, without sacrificing the quality care they provide patients. RDx connects to Topcon’s CV-5000S digital phoropter, allowing practitioners to perform fully remote refractions.

In addition to the integrated face-to-face consultation dashboard, RDx automatically imports the autorefractor and lensometer data and presets the refraction starting point on the digital phoropter to optimize the exam. Eye care professionals, staff and patients can enjoy the benefits of integrated remote video conferences while connecting and controlling the devices within their practice in real-time.

RDx enhances practice efficiency and work flexibility by providing more freedom for eye care professionals, allowing them to be present at more than one location and offer more extended and more flexible office hours. RDx also reduces the time per examination, thereby enabling practitioners to see more patients. Patients also benefit from the RDx technology because it allows them to have their eye exam done at a time and place convenient for them while maintaining a safe social distance and reducing or eliminating time in the waiting room.

“RDx will empower US eye care physicians to expand their scope of care,” Corey Nielson, VP of Sales for Topcon Healthcare, said in a company news release. “This platform will assist our most important customer, the US Eye Care Practitioner, in guiding patients through a comprehensive eye care exam. Ocular telehealth and the ever-changing digital transformation experience is critical to the future of eye care, and I’m excited to be on the cutting edge of our evolution.“