Barriers to Implementation of Teleretinal Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Programs Across the University of California.

ABSTRACT: Aim: To describe barriers to implementation of diabetic retinopathy (DR) teleretinal screening programs and artificial intelligence (AI) integration at the University of California (UC). Methods: Institutional representatives from UC Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, Irvine, and Davis were surveyed for the year of their program's initiation, active status at the time of survey (December 2021), number of primary care clinics involved, screening image quality, types of eye providers, image interpretation turnaround time, and billing codes used. Representatives were asked to rate perceptions toward barriers to teleretinal DR screening and AI implementation using a 5-point Likert scale. Results: Four UC campuses had active DR tele

SUBMITTER: Chen JS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10714257 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature