AJMC October 3, 2022
Julia Bonavitacola

Posters presented at AAO 2022 found that family medicine doctors and artificial intelligence (AI) were able to screen patients for diabetic retinopathy (DR) effectively, although false negatives in AI need to be improved.

In 2 posters presented at AAO 2022, research found that alternatives to ophthalmologist screening for diabetic retinopathy (DR) were effective. Family medicine doctors and artificial intelligence (AI) both accurately identified DR in images of patients’ eyes for both diagnostic reasons and for inclusion in clinical trials, respectively.

The first poster1 focused on the ability of family medicine doctors to diagnose DR in a telemedicine program. Telemedicine programs had previously been used for screening DR effectively to identify patients in need of eye care. Family medicine doctors have...

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Topics: AI (Artificial Intelligence), Conferences / Podcast, Primary care, Provider, Technology, Trends
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