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Saudi Arabian retinopathy of prematurity national telemedicine program: Achievements and challenges

The Saudi Arabian Retinopathy of Prematurity National Telemedicine programme (SAROP) is a product of the National Committee for Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP). The program includes ROP telescreening, diagnosis, and management of cases requiring treatment. Digital retinal images and filled ROP soft...

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Autores principales: Al Amro, Saleh A., Al Ghamdi, Sami M., Abouammoh, Marwan A., Al Aql, Fahad, Ahmad, Khabir, Alsulaiman, Sulaiman M.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9583349/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36276246
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/sjopt.sjopt_93_22
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author Al Amro, Saleh A.
Al Ghamdi, Sami M.
Abouammoh, Marwan A.
Al Aql, Fahad
Ahmad, Khabir
Alsulaiman, Sulaiman M.
author_facet Al Amro, Saleh A.
Al Ghamdi, Sami M.
Abouammoh, Marwan A.
Al Aql, Fahad
Ahmad, Khabir
Alsulaiman, Sulaiman M.
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description The Saudi Arabian Retinopathy of Prematurity National Telemedicine programme (SAROP) is a product of the National Committee for Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP). The program includes ROP telescreening, diagnosis, and management of cases requiring treatment. Digital retinal images and filled ROP software requests were uploaded from 20 level-3 neonatal intensive care units (NICU) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) to the King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital server and the ROP telemedicine website. The data were accessed and reported by qualified retinal and pediatric ophthalmologists. Currently, retinal wide-angle digital cameras are available in 20 of the 31 level-3 NICUs of the Ministry of Health, Kingdom of KSA. This telemedicine approach is practical and effective in detecting and managing ROP cases. In the first 2.5 years, encouraging results were noticed with no unfavorable outcomes in the participating NICUs. Technical challenges were resolved promptly to ensure that the program ran smoothly. Therefore, this ideal state-of-the-art ROP telemedicine program could be also applied to similar and neighboring countries.
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spelling pubmed-95833492022-10-21 Saudi Arabian retinopathy of prematurity national telemedicine program: Achievements and challenges Al Amro, Saleh A. Al Ghamdi, Sami M. Abouammoh, Marwan A. Al Aql, Fahad Ahmad, Khabir Alsulaiman, Sulaiman M. Saudi J Ophthalmol Update on Retinopathy of Prematurity The Saudi Arabian Retinopathy of Prematurity National Telemedicine programme (SAROP) is a product of the National Committee for Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP). The program includes ROP telescreening, diagnosis, and management of cases requiring treatment. Digital retinal images and filled ROP software requests were uploaded from 20 level-3 neonatal intensive care units (NICU) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) to the King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital server and the ROP telemedicine website. The data were accessed and reported by qualified retinal and pediatric ophthalmologists. Currently, retinal wide-angle digital cameras are available in 20 of the 31 level-3 NICUs of the Ministry of Health, Kingdom of KSA. This telemedicine approach is practical and effective in detecting and managing ROP cases. In the first 2.5 years, encouraging results were noticed with no unfavorable outcomes in the participating NICUs. Technical challenges were resolved promptly to ensure that the program ran smoothly. Therefore, this ideal state-of-the-art ROP telemedicine program could be also applied to similar and neighboring countries. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2022-10-14 /pmc/articles/PMC9583349/ /pubmed/36276246 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/sjopt.sjopt_93_22 Text en Copyright: © 2022 Saudi Journal of Ophthalmology https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
spellingShingle Update on Retinopathy of Prematurity
Al Amro, Saleh A.
Al Ghamdi, Sami M.
Abouammoh, Marwan A.
Al Aql, Fahad
Ahmad, Khabir
Alsulaiman, Sulaiman M.
Saudi Arabian retinopathy of prematurity national telemedicine program: Achievements and challenges
title Saudi Arabian retinopathy of prematurity national telemedicine program: Achievements and challenges
title_full Saudi Arabian retinopathy of prematurity national telemedicine program: Achievements and challenges
title_fullStr Saudi Arabian retinopathy of prematurity national telemedicine program: Achievements and challenges
title_full_unstemmed Saudi Arabian retinopathy of prematurity national telemedicine program: Achievements and challenges
title_short Saudi Arabian retinopathy of prematurity national telemedicine program: Achievements and challenges
title_sort saudi arabian retinopathy of prematurity national telemedicine program: achievements and challenges
topic Update on Retinopathy of Prematurity
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9583349/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36276246
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/sjopt.sjopt_93_22
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