Researchers with the OhioHealth Grant Medical Center Family Medicine practice implemented diabetic retinopathy screening using in-clinic retinal photographs and automated software analysis to increase screening rates among low-income minority patients.
According to the American Academy of Family Physicians, about 33% of diabetic adults in the US do not receive annual eye exams. Additionally, lack of pupillary dilation before exams is associated with ungradable, or insufficient exams.1,2
Nearly 2 years ago, the OhioHealth Grant Medical Center Family Medicine practice implemented on-site diabetic retinopathy screening using digital fundus photography and automated retinal imaging without dilation. The practice later introduced eye dilation for specific patients.3