Welcoming teleretinography into diabetes integrated care

Autor: Agostino Consoli, Roberto Perilli, Francesco Petracca, Francesco Bandello, Leonardo Mastropasqua, Rosanna Tarricone, Silvio P Mariotti, Mauro Grigioni
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: European Journal of Ophthalmology. 32:2382-2387
ISSN: 1724-6016
1120-6721
DOI: 10.1177/11206721211039346
Popis: Integrated Care (IC) is a perfect fit for people with diabetes. Fundus examination (FE) is a disease marker for diabetologists and identifies potentially blinding complications (Diabetic Retinopathy, DR). In our Diabetes Clinic (DC) in Pescara, Italy, FE is possibly provided with telemedicine in same day as other exams, avoiding it to be a standalone clinical one; images taken with a retinal digital camera are graded by a remote ophthalmologist within a shared Electronic Health Record (EHR), immediately readable by other stakeholders; a dedicated care path to the Eye Clinic, University of Chieti-Pescara is provided for urgent cases. Personnel’s worktime shortening allows gaining time for ophthalmologists’ eye examinations in outpatient settings and other stakeholders’ work in the DC. The need for a DR digital screening system is growing worldwide: our experience confirms the ease of implementation, and the advantage of sharing clinical data with all stakeholders when working within an EHR, aiming to optimize an IC effective system.
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