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Near-term implementable finding

Artificial Intelligence-Assisted Screening for Patients With Diabetic Retinopathy and Age-Related Macular Degeneration in Family Medicine and Geriatric and Gerontology Care: Protocol for a Pragmatic Randomized Clinical Trial.

BACKGROUND: Diabetic retinopathy (DR) and age-related macular degeneration (AMD) are 2 of the leading causes of vision loss worldwide. Cost-effectiveness analyses will be performed using data derived from the trial results.

BACKGROUND: Diabetic retinopathy (DR) and age-related macular degeneration (AMD) are 2 of the leading causes of vision loss worldwide. Cost-effectiveness analyses will be performed using data derived from the trial results.

What the study was

Study design
Randomized controlled trial
Category
Public Health
Maturity
Potentially Practice-Changing
Journal
JMIR research protocols

Why it surfaced

Relevant Aging, longevity, and population health study (near-term clinical implementability) meets standard-priority threshold.

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