East Carolina University Department of Family Medicine Selects Retasure

(Geriatrics News and Information) Digital Healthcare a Wake Forest NC company specializing in sightsaving retinal risk assessment announced today that East Carolina Universitys Family Medicine residency program in Greenville NC has selected the Retasure solution The innovative family medicine department is part of ECUs Brody School of Medicine The medical school has been ranked by U S News and World Report as one of the top medical schools in the nation and the sixth best primary care school Family Medicines 21 faculty physicians 30 residents and seven physician extenders treat an average of 250 patients a day including a large diabetic and prediabetic populationRetasure will allow us to provide critical retinal risk assessments for our diabetic patients who may not otherwise regularly visit an ophthalmologist for eye exams said Lynn A Parham clinical administrative manager for ECUs Department of Family Medicine Our physicians were impressed that Retasure is easy and quick to use and also provides highquality images It is a good fit for our largely indigent population and will allow us to further expand our high quality inoffice care servicesECU is nationally recognized for its strong faculty and exceptional family medicine program said Scott Sanner Senior Vice President of Digital Healthcare We are pleased to partner with an organization wellknown for its strong commitment to patient quality of care Their patients will benefit from the Retasure solution and together well be able to help ECU providers with eye disease detection and blindness preventionThe 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 wwwretasurecom...