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Our Story

Our Mission

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Our mission is to use tele-ophthalmology to preserve the sight of the Wisconsin population, educate about diabetes and eye health, and develop future workforce.

 

Our Story

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Over the past five years we have worked with the Milwaukee community to provide free digital retinal exams in the community. Our project started with the funding from Healthier Wisconsin Partnership Program  and Medical College of Wisconsin. Our mission is to use tele-ophthalmology to preserve the sight of the Wisconsin population, educate about diabetes and eye health, and develop future workforce. Our project involves the use of telemedicine (medicine delivery at distance) where images of the retina (back of the eye) are taken in the community and then sent via HIPAA compliant server to the Eye Institute at the Medical College of Wisconsin for review. The results are sent back to the community and participants either receive the letter or phone call with the results. In the last five years we detected eye abnormalities such as diabetic retinopathy, macular degeneration and other eye disease.

Outreach

Over 1,200 participants have been screened since June 2017, the MHD staff has been trained to use a diabetic retinopathy camera to provide free eye screening in the community.
 

Numbers & Outcomes

We have exceeded our goal regarding the number of participants reached and our target population. This program reached a diverse population of Latinos and African Americans, as well as other, underserved communities. Our participants consist of 40% African Americans and 35% of Latinos, majority living in zip codes 53204, 53206 and 53215 and 53216 (identified underserved areas). Of those screened patients, 5% (58) patients were identified with diabetic retinopathy and were provided with recommendations for follow-up care with area eye care specialists.
 

Our success

Our identified success is working directly with the community and community organizations to solve the problem of diabetic retinopathy collectively. We recognize the eye disease in the early stages that require less expensive interventions and are working to save the vision of high-risk groups in underserved areas.
 

Patient comments

“This was great! Thanks again for providing this service”
“I enjoyed the visuals of the eye and will recommend others get their eyes checked”
“better than eye exam”
“It is my hope that this program will help guide, motivate, and encourage everyone to take advantage of this opportunity to help protect their health and vision.”

Featured Work

Our work was featured in the MCW Magazine

Our work was featured in Ophthalmology Times

 

Our work was featured in Retina Today

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  • Retinopathy screening at SSHC

    Retinopathy screening at SSHC

    February 7, 2019  7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
    Southside Health Center, 1639 S 23rd St, Milwaukee, WI 53204, USA

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  • Retinopathy screening at SSHC

    Retinopathy screening at SSHC

    February 14, 2019  7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
    Southside Health Center, 1639 S 23rd St, Milwaukee, WI 53204, USA

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  • Retinopathy screening at SSHC

    Retinopathy screening at SSHC

    February 21, 2019  7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
    Southside Health Center, 1639 S 23rd St, Milwaukee, WI 53204, USA

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  • Veterans Stand Down Retinopathy Screening

    Veterans Stand Down Retinopathy Screening

    February 23, 2019  2:00 pm - 9:00 pm
    Richards St Armory, 4108 N Richards St, Milwaukee WI, 53212

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  • Retinopathy screening at SSHC

    Retinopathy screening at SSHC

    February 28, 2019  7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
    Southside Health Center, 1639 S 23rd St, Milwaukee, WI 53204, USA

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