VIDEO: 'Significant imbalance' in access to DME care among minority populations

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There is a significant imbalance in the United States amongst certain populations of patients. We know that patients who are African-American or Hispanic have a disproportionately poorer access to care. There are a lot of ways that we're trying to improve that from a retinal care standpoint. We're looking at improving the accessibility of diabetic eye testing through both dissemination of cameras in the primary care space as well as dissemination of cameras with artificial intelligence reading technology in the retail space. I'm personally involved with a pilot for that called Network Eye, and it's going very well. The important thing is to get the education out into these communities which are medically underserved. We have to communicate with trusted messengers in languages and using verbiage that all these populations identify with, and we just don't do a good enough job of that in 2023. I do think that there are movable targets that we can aim for, and I think we can do a lot better as a retinal community for minority populations in the US and improve their population health.