Evaluating a health video on diabetic retinopathy.

Issue addressed Indigenous Australians are 14 times more likely than non-Indigenous Australians to develop diabetic retinopathy (DR). Blindness can be prevented in 98% of cases if DR is identified and treated early. While the National Health and Medical Research Council recommend annual screening for Indigenous Australians, screening attendance rates remain low.

Real-time teleophthalmology in rural Western Australia.

Objective: This study aims to assess the current utilisation of a real-time teleophthalmology service for rural Western Australia (WA).

Design: Service evaluation by prospective audit.

Setting: Includes general practices, optometrists, hospitals in rural WA and the Lions Eye Institute in Perth.