Ophthalmic screening for diabetic retinopathy

One of the most common complications of diabetes is retinopathy: treatable when caught early, a cause of vision loss when it is not - and the bottleneck in screening is specialist capacity. The talk explores a nationwide, telemedicine-based screening network operating where patients live, in GP surgeries: images taken with a dedicated camera are analysed by artificial intelligence, and according to a Semmelweis University study the system flags abnormalities with over 90 percent accuracy. The closing question is what is missing most for such screening to become part of routine care: technology, financing or organisation.