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Pediatric vision screening app launches in iTunes
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Gobiquity announced the expanded accessibility and utility of its mobile health application, GoCheckKids, now available on iTunes.
GoCheckKids offers mobile vision diagnostics, including mobile photoscreening, digital visual acuity screening and personalized vision screening guidance, according to a press release from the company.
The platform is capable of effectively identifying amblyopia risk factors for children 6 months to 6 years with mobile photoscreening, according to Gobiquity.
The company also reported the ability to obtain a digital reading of a child’s visual acuity for those 3 years and older.
Since launching early this year, the app has been used to complete more than 36,000 pediatric vision screenings.
The American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus endorse photoscreening to detect amblyopia risk factors, which, if left untreated, can lead to permanent vision loss, according to the press release.