Abstract
Diabetic retinopathy leads to avoidable blindness and is an important cause of health disparities. Autonomous AI allows immediate point of care diabetic eye exams that can increase access, address disparities and lower cost. Major hurdles needed to be overcome: ethical framework, liability, standard of care, (FDA) regulation, CPT coding, reimbursement, and HEDIS / MIPS quality measurements. How we overcame these hurdles is illustrative for AI of the eye in other fields.
Funding: Funding Acknowledgement: NIH. Disclosures: founder, consultant, equity, director of Digital Diagnostics