Improving diabetic retinopathy screening ratios using telemedicine-based digital retinal imaging technology: The vine hill study

Diabetes Care

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 574-578

  Taylor, Cathy R ^a   Merin, Lawrence M ^b   Salunga, Amy M ^a   Hepworth, Joseph T ^c   Crutcher, Terri D ^a   O'Day, Denis M ^b,d   Pilon, Bonita A ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DIGITAL IMAGING; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; ETHNICITY; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST; TELEMEDICINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOGRAPHY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETINA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 33847613391     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 01495992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc06-1509     Document Type: Article

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