A new screening programme in India leverages machine learning to reduce the risk of preventable blindness due to retinopathy of prematurity among premature babies.
ROP is a condition that occurs when abnormal blood vessels grow in the retina.
WHAT IT'S ABOUT
CleaVision, a social venture supported by enterprise software provider SAP, developed a solution that automates the identification of retina...
Plano, a Singapore-based eye wellness platform, has signed a memorandum of understanding with technology social enterprise Tech Era from Ghana to tackle Africa's myopia problem.
WHAT IT'S ABOUT
Focused on addressing accessibility gaps, Tech Era creates technology; facilitates strategic partnerships; and designs sustainable intervention programmes to ensure vulnerable sectors in the African...
A novel AI-based method of screening patients for glaucoma has been developed by scientists at the Nanyang Technological University and clinicians from the Tan Tock Seng Hospital in Singapore.
WHAT IT'S ABOUT
The automated glaucoma screening method was developed in a study, whose findings were published in the peer-reviewed journal Methods.
Two stereo fundus images taken as a pair were collected...
111 to build a disease management platform with Bayer
Chinese healthcare platform 111 has expanded its existing partnership with global drug maker Bayer Healthcare Co.
The two companies first entered into a strategic partnership last year in September to market innovative drugs and healthcare products for chronic disease management. A digital platform was also built to provide online pharmacist...
Johnson & Johnson Vision, the eye health unit of Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices Companies, has revealed its three-year roadmap to develop an integrated eye health ecosystem in Singapore that focuses on data and digitalisation initiatives.
WHAT IT'S ABOUT
The company said in a media release that it will build a consumer-centric, experiential eye health ecosystem that seamlessly...
CVS is setting its sights on the eye care space, launching a new digital tool that lets customers renew contact lens prescription remotely via an online vision test and an asynchronous telemedicine interaction. The tool, named QuickRenew, is powered by the technology from Premium Vision.
The service first checks to see if the client is a good fit for the telemedicine service. In order to be...
