Retinal screenings offered in Cornell
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Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:07 AM CDT
For the Herald
Marshfield Clinic will use its mobile TeleHealth services to provide free screenings for a pair of eye diseases that can be devastating if left untreated — diabetic retinopathy and macular degeneration.
Screenings will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, Sept. 5, at Marshfield Clinic Cornell Center, 600 Woodside Dr., Cornell.
Both diseases affect the retina, a light-sensitive membrane in the back of the eye that receives images from the lens and then sends them to the brain via the optic nerve.
“TeleHealth is a cost-effective way to deliver these services by taking retinal photos and having an ophthalmologist read them,” said Nina Antoniotti R.N., M.B.A., Ph.D., program director, Marshfield Clinic TeleHealth Network.
The Marshfield Clinic TeleHealth Network is a Marshfield Clinic service bringing specialty health care services to remote areas of northern, central and western Wisconsin by using telecommunications and information technology. Since its first federal grant for TeleHealth in 1998, Marshfield Clinic has created innovative ways to provide specialty services to meet numerous unmet health needs in rural areas.
The screening is open to anyone, but advance appointments are required. For more information and to schedule a free retinal screening, call Marshfield Clinic Cornell Center at (715) 239-6344.
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