Digital Healthcare supports Diabetes Screening Research Project at the University of Hong Kong
Digital Healthcare’s OptoMize product for Diabetic Retinal Screening has been installed at the Eye Institute at the Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine at the University of Hong Kong to support a Diabetes Screening Research Project.
The contract was awarded to Digital Healthcare for the supply of its OptoMize software for population based systematic screening following a tender process that was undertaken in April 2009
OptoMize was chosen because of its proven capability in supporting Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Programmes. The product is currently used for managing the Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Service for 41 schemes across England and Wales currently covering 1.2 million diabetics and is deployed in a wide range of geographical designs and scope including mobile units, community clinics and hospital locations across varying technology bandwidths.
Specifically, OptoMize meets in full the requirements detailed in the Hong Kong University tender including, Storage and retrieval of patient demographics, Archiving and backup of images, Call and recall system for patients appointments, Programme for grading of images, Generation of report letters to general practitioners patients and hospital consultants, Able to export its information in DICOM standard, Compliance with the recommendations of the U.K. National Screening Programme for Diabetic Retinopathy, the Grading classifications conforms with that of the U.K. National Screening Programme for Diabetic Retinopathy, Integration with Hong Kong Hospital Authority Computer Management System, Ability to cope with planned screening eipisodes.
Kevin McDonnell, Managing Director at Digital Healthcare commented “Digital Healthcare's mission is to improve the quality of patient healthcare through the application of our unique software solutions enabling faster, more accurate diagnosis and treatment to help improve the quality of life for patients and we are particularly delighted to be able to support this exciting new Research Project in Hong Kong and we are happy to consider supporting other new International initiatives that support our mission.”
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