CHICAGO — Family physicians are effective in their classifications of diabetic retinopathy using a telemedicine program, according to a poster presented here.
“Family physicians detected 100% of patients with moderate or severe NPDR and correctly classified 93.6% of retinographies obtained through the telemedicine program,” Antonio Ferreras, MD, PhD, MBA, and colleagues said in a poster presentation at the American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting.
Ferreras and colleagues compared level of agreement between five family medicine physicians and one retina specialist in their