biostudies-literatureDaskivich LPNCATS NIH HHS642-649https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC5818774biostudies-literatureUnknown177(5)<h4>Importance</h4>Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is the leading cause of blindness in adults of working age in the United States. In the Los Angeles County safety net, a nonvertically integrated system serving underinsured and uninsured patients, the prevalence of DR is approximately 50%, and owing to limited specialty care resources, the average wait times for screening for DR have been 8 months or more.<h4>Objective</h4>To determine whether a primary care-based teleretinal DR screening (TDRS) program reduces wait times for screening and improves timeliness of needed care in the Los Angeles County safety net.<h4>Design, setting, and participants</h4>Quasi-experimental, pretest-posttest evaluation of exposure to primary care-based TDRS at 5 of 15 Los Angeles County Department of Health ServiceJAMA internal medicineImplementation and Evaluation of a Large-Scale Teleretinal Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Program in the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services.PMC5818774UL1 TR000124UL1 TR001881Tseng CHDaskivich LPMangione CMVasquez CMartinez CfalseImplementation and Evaluation of a Large-Scale Teleretinal Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Program in the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services.<h4>Importance</h4>Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is the leading cause of blindness in adults of working age in the United States. In the Los Angeles County safety net, a nonvertically integrated system serving underinsured and uninsured patients, the prevalence of DR is approximately 50%, and owing to limited specialty care resources, the average wait times for screening for DR have been 8 months or more.<h4>Objective</h4>To determine whether a primary care-based teleretinal DR screening (TDRS) program reduces wait times for screening and improves timeliness of needed care in the Los Angeles County safety net.<h4>Design, setting, and participants</h4>Quasi-experimental, pretest-posttest evaluation of exposure to primary care-based TDRS at 5 of 15 Los Angeles County Department of Health Service2017-01-01T00:00:00Z2017 May2026-06-07T06:44:37.059Z2019-03-26T23:22:33ZS-EPMC58187742834659010.1001/jamainternmed.2017.0204