Open AccessTelemedicine in diabetic retinopathy: Current status and future directions
Author(s) -
Taraprasad Das,
Rajiv Raman,
Kim Ramasamy,
Padmaja Kumari Rani
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
middle east african journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.357
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0975-1599
pISSN - 0974-9233
DOI - 10.4103/0974-9233.154391
Subject(s) - telemedicine , medicine , diabetic retinopathy , telehealth , optometry , disease , covid-19 , medical emergency , health care , ophthalmology , diabetes mellitus , pathology , endocrinology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , economics , economic growth
Telemedicine is exchange of medical data by electronic telecommunications technology that allows a patient's medical problems evaluated and monitored by a remotely located physician. Over the years, telemedicine and telescreening have become important components in health care, in both disease detection and treatment. Highly visual and image intensive ophthalmology is uniquely suited for telemedicine. Because of rising disease burden coupled with high opportunity cost in detection, diabetic retinopathy is an ideal ophthalmic disease for telescreening and decision-making. It fits to Wilson and Jungner's all 10 criteria of screening for chronic diseases and the American Telehealth Association's 4 screening categories.