A smartphone lens attachment improves the quality of referrals to eye casualty.

Sunil MamtoraOliver RileyJordan ChervenkoffPanayiotis MaghsoudlouAsif KianiAlexander ChiuJonathan BoultonJonathan Luck

Published in: Eye (London, England) (2022)

A low-cost smartphone lens attachment, alongside a standardised clinical questionnaire, can improve the referral pathway to the hospital eye service by reducing unnecessary appointments, while improving clinical confidence and diagnostic accuracy during triage. Further work to evaluate referral pathways, including the development of systems that allow for secure image transmission are needed to understand the feasibility for the widespread adoption of this technology.

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