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- Title
Telemedicine in diabetic retinopathy screening in India.
- Authors
Ramasamy, Kim; Mishra, Chitaranjan; Kannan, Naresh B.; Namperumalsamy, P.; Sen, Sagnik
- Abstract
With ever-growing prevalence of diabetes mellitus and its most common microvascular complication diabetic retinopathy (DR) in Indian population, screening for DR early for prevention of development of vision-threatening stages of the disease is becoming increasingly important. Most of the programs in India for DR screening are opportunistic and a universal screening program does not exist. Globally, telemedicine programs have demonstrated accuracy in classification of DR into referable disease, as well as into stages, with accuracies reaching that of human graders, in a cost-effective manner and with sufficient patient satisfaction. In this major review, we have summarized the global experience of telemedicine in DR screening and the way ahead toward planning a national integrated DR screening program based on telemedicine.
- Subjects
INDIA; DIABETIC retinopathy; MEDICAL screening; TELEMEDICINE; PATIENT satisfaction; DIABETES; DISEASE progression
- Publication
Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2021, Vol 69, Issue 11, p2977
- ISSN
0301-4738
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4103/ijo.IJO_1442_21