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Simple Contacts CEO Joel Wishkovsky Says Start-Up’s App Could Upend Vision Care

OIS Podcast | Ophthalmology's leading Podcast
OIS Podcast | Ophthalmology's leading Podcast
Episode • Sep 26, 2018 • 29m
Founder and CEO Joel Wishkovsky created Simple Contacts’ phone-based app to save contact lens wearers time and money when they need a new supply of lenses but not a new prescription. Ophthalmologists are funding the company and conducting the remote examinations. But the firm isn’t seen favorably by optometrists, who stand to lose a steady stream of business.

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