Digital Teleretinal Screening Teleophthalmology in Practice /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Yogesan, Kanagasingam (Editor), Goldschmidt, Leonard (Editor), Cuadros, Jorge (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012.
• Subjects: Medicine.; General practice (Medicine).; Health informatics.; Ophthalmology.; Medicine & Public Health.; General Practice / Family Medicine.; Health Informatics.

With increasing population numbers and a limited supply of ophthalmologists, new ways are being found to perform eye screening. Digital retinal imaging carried out by primary care providers and nurses, followed by remote image interpretation (teleretinal imaging), is rapidly acquiring a crucial role...