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Does patient education improve compliance to routine diabetic retinopathy screening?

Prima MoinulJoshua BarbosaJenny QianMei Lin ChenMohammad MohagheghHarneel KaurJulie HolmesHeather RadmanTammy RobinsonVarun Chaudhary
Published in: Journal of telemedicine and telecare (2018)
Patient education-focused tele-retina screening for DR significantly increased compliance to follow-up in a high-risk, non-compliant patient population. Management of diabetes as captured by HbA1c levels remain unchanged in the cohort indicating a need for ongoing inter-professional collaboration in education and vision screening.
Keyphrases
  • diabetic retinopathy
  • healthcare
  • case report
  • quality improvement
  • type diabetes
  • cardiovascular disease
  • optical coherence tomography
  • clinical practice
  • weight loss