Does the EyePACS® program provide cameras and administrative help in addition to clinical services?
The program includes the retinal camera, photographer training, photographer certification, quality control, software, and retinal consults, and retinal reading certification for primary care providers. The images are reviewed by our credentialed ophthalmologists and optometrists. All consultants complete a credentialing process to ensure that we get consistent and measurable results from the readings. We also have ongoing quality control and quality improvement for the consultants. Please note that we provide more than a simple diabetic eye disease grade. Diabetes care providers receive retinopathy diagnoses consistent with the International Clinical Diabetic Retinopathy Disease Severity Scale, as well as referral recommendations, observations and recommendations regarding non-diabetic lesions (such as glaucoma and cataracts), and advice about how to improve photographers’ image quality.
