Peek Vision

The portable eye examination kit, also known as Peek, consists of a mobile app and clip-on hardware that transforms a smartphone into a tool that can check glasses prescription, diagnose cataracts and even examine the back of the eye for disease. Whether you’re a doctor in a hospital referring cases to an ophthalmologist, or a remotely based health worker sending data to a treatment clinic hundreds of miles away, images are available to send whenever the phone has data or a wifi connection. Images and patient information can be securely stored and shared for off-site review. This means important diagnoses are still carried out by trained eye care specialists. http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/news/2013/peek_vision.html

http://www.peekvision.org/research

International implementation

Implementation in progress from 01/01/2013

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, University of Strathclyde, NHS Glasgow Centre for Ophthalmic Research Funder: The Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Trust

• Adolescent
• Adult
• Children between 5 and 12
• Children under 5
• Elderly
• New born
• Pregnant women

• Community health worker
• Nurse and midwife
• Physician

• Chronic diseases
• Healthy living
• Health promotion; eye health

• Cancer
• Diabetes
• eye health; eye/optical diseases

• Access to information and services
• Decision support systems
• Diagnostic and treatment support
• Healthcare management
• Patient monitoring
• Telehealth/telemedicine

• Satellite
• Wired network
• Wireless network

• Audio-visual
• Computers / Servers / Tablets
• Medical special devices
• Mobile phones
• Smartphones

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This project is evaluated? Planned