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Electronic referral with Digital images Eyecare Integration Scotland Roshini Sanders ( National Clinical Lead) Peter Carson ( Optometry Scotland) John Legg ( RNIB) RNIB Scotland - Technology for Life
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Electronic referral with Digital images Eyecare Integration Scotland Roshini Sanders (National Clinical Lead) Peter Carson (Optometry Scotland) John Legg (RNIB) RNIB Scotland- Technology for Life Glasgow 2013 Glasgow May 2013
Introduction Eyecare Integration Project Patient and Service benefits Patient Survey Community Optometry Service Live demonstration -OCT
Eyecare Integration Business Case ( 2009 – 2011) £6.6 million awarded to ophthalmology/optometry following three business case submissions 54 referral forms condensed to five electronic forms IT connection finalised – VPN (virtual private network) Integration of 14 scottishhealthboards, 900 optometry practices and general practices
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Scottish General Ophthalmic Services contract (GOS) • £98 million/annum • 2 million eye tests/annum • 5% sent to hospital (150,000) • 1 million/annum postgraduate education
National Optometry IT survey – Scotland 2013 • 80% response rate • 83% have broadband • 98.3% perimetry • 98% retinal camera • 16.5% OCT (60)
Eyecare - Scottish Patient Survey • 100 patients between ages 45 – 95 • Free Annual eye tests – 20% unaware • Glaucoma – 30% unaware of treatments • Diabetes eye screening – 60% unaware • Macular Degeneration – 50% unaware of treatment
Summary • Real potential patient benefits • Service delivery redesign • Better use of primary and secondary care resource • Education benefits • Continuous real time refinement process
“The best connected Eyecare in the world” Vision for Scotland