FYihealth group In The News

By Callum Ovenstone / Ed Budds Proudly standing as Canada’s largest eye care provider, FYidoctors remains doctor-led, professionally managed, and patient focused. We speak to Founder and CEO, Dr. Alan Ulsifer, about the company’s transformative approach to eye health. NEW VISION FOR CANADIAN EYE CARE The global eye care industry is a booming, multi-billion-dollar worldwide market encompassing eye health products and state-of-the-art medical devices, driven by aging populations, rising digital eye strain, and increasing eye health awareness. A plethora of exciting developments continue to accelerate across the industry including technology integration, digital health, market consolidation, and a growing focus on…

In continuing education meetings and association gatherings, we often focus on clinical innovations—diagnostic technologies, new treatments, emerging research. Yet many of us rarely discuss something just as fundamental: how we actually deliver care efficiently as a team. Most optometrists learned clinical flow by observing senior colleagues, adapting what they could, and refining under pressure. But today, the landscape has changed. The demands placed on independent health-care practitioners—particularly optometrists—have accelerated beyond what traditional workflows were designed to handle. The Growing Demands on Independent Optometry Across Canada, independent optometrists are navigating unprecedented pressures: • Rising operating costs—labour, equipment, rent, technology, and supplies…