DIABETIC RETINOPATHY - CLOSING THE LOOP FOR DIABETIC EYE CARE AND COMPLICATION RISK MITIGATION

Abstract

Indigenous Australians with diabetes are at high risk of vision loss due to diabetic eye disease. Training and implementation of local retinal imaging, regional reading, and web-based systems can improve communication and fragmented service delivery. We will train and evaluate, in an indigenous Australian setting, an open-source remote-access IT solution to improve eye care and outcomes, adaptable to national and international locations.

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