RT Journal
A1 Daskivich L, Mangione CM
T1 The promise of primary care–based screening for diabetic retinopathy: The devil will be in the details comment on “telemedicine and retinal imaging for improving diabetic retinopathy evaluation”
JF Archives of Internal Medicine
JO Archives of Internal Medicine
YR 2012
FD November 26
VO 172
IS 21
SP 1678
OP 1680
DO 10.1001/2013.jamainternmed.406
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/2013.jamainternmed.406
AB 
Diabetes, a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States and the leading cause of new cases of blindness in adults, affects more than 25 million people, or 8.3% of the population.1 Currently, only 60% of persons with diabetes receive standard-of-care screening examinations for retinopathy, and the number is even lower in the safety net.2- 3 Given that the projected increase in the prevalence of diabetes will increase the demand for screening examinations, we must identify alternative ways to screen for diabetic retinopathy (DR).