The Global Innovation Center's Futurist Report series is a collection of data-driven digital media offering forward-looking analyses of the trends and businesses shaping the future of healthcare, vision care, eyewear, and more.
View our latest interactive report, the Future of Oculomics, by clicking on the white arrow below, and explore how emerging technologies are enhancing the eye's role as a window into the body.
The eye serves as a window into whole-body health.
In 1870, the ophthalmoscope enabled doctors to look inside the eye for the first time, revealing the eye's connection to various health conditions such as diabetes and high blood pressure. In fact, doctors can detect over 270 chronic conditions and diseases through a comprehensive eye exam, including diabetes, heart disease, and brain tumors.
Today, recent advancements in imaging technologies, big data, and artificial intelligence are expanding the eye's role in preventative health.
Startups now apply AI algorithms to retinal scans to detect neurological disorders like Alzheimer's and conduct cardiovascular risk assessments. New research demonstrates how AI can connect retinal changes to even more bodily insights, including kidney disease and female reproductive health.
In the Global Innovation Center's latest Futurist Report, The Future of Oculomics, we explore how advancements in oculomics, the study of the eye as a window to overall health, will expand the scope of care that optometrists can deliver and elevate eye care's role in the broader healthcare continuum.
Read the full report above or by clicking the button below, and stay tuned for the next Futurist Report scheduled for Fall 2025.