West Philadelphia Eye Associates to Utilize Retasure Services

(Geriatrics News and Information) Digital Healthcare a Wake Forest NC company specializing in sightsaving retinal risk assessment announced today that West Philadelphia Eye Associates has selected Retasure wwwretasurecom to provide retinal imaging risk assessment and will also serve as a Retasure reading centerWest Philadelphia Eye Associates is a multicultural community based ophthalmic practice located in Philadelphia PA The practice providers are partnering with area primary care facilities to provide Retasure assessments within the individual practices The West Philadelphia Eye physicians will grade the assessments for these patients as well as for other regional Retasure practicesWest Philadelphia Eye is our first Retasure client to provide both the patient assessments and the reading said Scott Sanner Senior Vice President North American Operations of Digital Healthcare They are an innovative organization that understands the need to make retinal imaging risk assessments widely available for patients I am sure they will be highly successful offering Retasure services to the primary care patients within their communityDiabetics have a high risk for diabetic retinopathy and blindness and early assessment is critical for sight preservation said Angelo Jones the founder of West Philadelphia Eye Associates Often patients fail to schedule regular eye exams but Retasure will make it easy for us to provide this very simple assessment while patients are in their primary care doctors office We believe it will make a difference to total patient health in our community The FDAapproved and HEDIS compliant Retasure program provides a simple affordable and noninvasive solution that allows physicians to capture their patients retinal images during a three to five minute procedure without eye dilation Images are transmitted over a secure HIPAA compliant network to an accredited reading center A statelicensed and board certified ophthalmologist reviews the images and results are returned to the original physician within 72 hours The simplicity of the assessment process is unique in the market and addresses a previously unmet need for one of the nations largest public health issuesThere are an estimated 21 million diabetic patients in the US but only about half have any retinal assessments despite a high risk of diabetic retinopathy The National Eye Institute indicates diabetic retinopathy is the leading cause of blindness among working age American adults More than a million patients worldwide have received a retinal risk assessment using Digital Healthcare software About Digital Healthcare Digital Healthcare is the global leader in retinal risk assessment They are the worlds leading provider of care management programs for diabetic retinopathy Their awardwinning MSHUG technology is used byleading hospitals and research centers including University Hospitals Case Medical Center at Case Western Reserve University The Wilmer Eye Institute at The Johns Hopkins University and the United States Military Digital Healthcares Retasure solution offers several advantages for primary care and endocrinologist physicians and their patients It can be operated by nonclinicians it is noninvasive and requires no dilation it obtains exceptionally highquality digital images of the retina using a simpletooperate fundus camera it returns results quickly to the ordering physicians and it encourages patient compliance for retinal evaluation and comprehensive eye examinations For more information visit wwwretasurecomAbout West Philadelphia Eye AssociatesWest Philadelphia Eye Associates provides treatment for ocular disease as well as routine eyeglass and contact lens evaluations The West Philadelphia Eye professionals perform cataract and glaucoma surgeries as well as laser treatment for diabetic hypertensive and glaucoma patients The office is located in Mercy Philadelphia Hospital For additional information please call 215 7480185...