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Cost, insurance, transport and accessibility, eye health literacy and communication were identified as major barriers to eye care among U.S. adults, with telemedicine cited as a possible solution, according to a systematic review in Cureus.

SEATTLE — ChatGPT did not recognize several common symptoms of congenital glaucoma and did not recommend urgent evaluation by a pediatric eye care specialist, according to a poster presentation.

SEATTLE — Patient demographic information does not affect the readability of myopia education materials produced by ChatGPT 3.5, but it may affect the length of the material, according to a study.

The AI-based software startup company iHealthScreen has been awarded a U.S. patent for its iPredict glaucoma detection system, the company announced in a press release.

AEYE Health has received the first-ever FDA clearance for a fully autonomous AI that can diagnose referable diabetic retinopathy using retinal images taken by a handheld camera, according to a company-issued press release.

BOSTON — In this Healio Video Perspective from the ASCRS meeting, Daniel H. Chang, MD, ABO, discusses tolerance to refractive error with the Tecnis Odyssey IOL.

A study conducted on a nationally representative sample of older adults showed that access to digital technology is hampered by vision impairment, potentially limiting access to telehealth.

Smartphone viewing distance was similar among children with and without myopia, with researchers reporting that 60% of variance was attributable to individual differences, according to a study in Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics.

Researchers at NIH have developed an AI-assisted strategy that can improve cellular contrast of retinal images captured via OCT while reducing image acquisition and processing time by nearly 100-fold.

PeriVision announced FDA registration for its first medical software product, VisionOne, a cloud-based platform that uses portable virtual reality headsets and AI technology to help eye care providers configure eye tests and analyze results.