Novel Telehealth Technologies to Detect and Manage Glaucoma and Vision-threatening Eye Diseases in High-risk Populations
The vast majority of glaucoma cases in the United States go undetected and untreated until the late stages of the disease. Open-angle glaucoma is a progressive condition that is asymptomatic in its early to moderate stages and may be amenable to screening through telemedicine-based approaches. This study is a randomized trial to evaluate whether glaucoma screening with established tests (e.g., optical coherence tomography, fundus photography, and tonometry) is more effective for detecting undiagnosed glaucoma cases compared to education alone or delayed intervention.
• Black people aged 50 years or older
• Hispanic people aged 65 years or older
• People with diabetes aged 50 years or older
• Must have been seen at the Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) within the past month