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 scottish healthboards, 900 optometry practices and general practices

Referral Letter 

 

Referral form with diagram

“ A picture speaks a thousand words”

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Ophthalmology – Edinburgh 1830

OPD - Glaucoma

NHS 24

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

Real potential patient benefits Service delivery redesign Better use of primary and secondary care

resource Education benefits Continuous real time refinement process

Summary

“The best connected Eyecare in the world”

Vision for Scotland