K Yogesan
Australian e-Health Research Centre
Australia
Title: Tele-ophthalmology and tele-eye screenings
Biography
Biography: K Yogesan
Abstract
Tele-ophthalmology is bringing eye care service delivery to the rural and remote areas using medical diagnostic technologies, and information and communication technologies. Presently, telemedicine is used in metro areas to provide tele-diabetic retinopathy screening such that patients could be screened when they go to endocrinology clinics. When mass screenings are done, it is difficult for ophthalmologists to read large number of images. A solution will be to use fully automated computed-aided image readings and identify those who need a referral to see an ophthalmologist. In this way, ophthalmologists could focus on treatment and surgery instead of seeing large number of “normal” patients. The fee for service for image reading is also not an issue here. In this workshop, we will discuss about “practice guide” for tele-ophthalmology with case studies from around the world. Some presentations will cover specific applications of teleophthalmology technologies such as screening of diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma and age related macular degeneration. We will explore in detail the digital medical technologies including imaging and diagnostic devices, disease automation and communication technology.