AI Can Improve the Economics of Blindness Prevention in Canada.
Stud Health Technol Inform
; 312: 82-86, 2024 Feb 19.
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| ID: mdl-38372316
ABSTRACT
Diabetic retinopathy is a leading cause of vision loss in Canada and creates significant economic and social burden on patients. Diabetic retinopathy is largely a preventable complication of diabetes mellitus. Yet, hundreds of thousands of Canadians continue to be at risk and thousands go on to develop vision loss and disability. Blindness has a significant impact on the Canadian economy, on families and the quality of life of affected individuals. This paper provides an economic analysis on two potential interventions for preventing blindness and concludes that use of AI to identify high-risk individuals could significantly decrease the costs of identifying, recalling, and screening patients at risk of vision loss, while achieving similar results as a full-fledged screening and recall program. We propose that minimal data interoperability between optometrists and family physicians combined with artificial intelligence to identify and screen those at highest risk of vision loss can lower the costs and increase the feasibility of screening and treating large numbers of patients at risk of going blind in Canada.
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1_ASSA2030
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2_ODS3
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Cegueira
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Retinopatia Diabética
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População Norte-Americana
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
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Stud Health Technol Inform
Ano de publicação:
2024
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Article