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Cyber-Sight

last updated Mar 8, 2012

Overview

Implementing organization: 
ORBIS International
Legal Status: 
Private (unspecified)
Year Launched: 
2002
Stage: 
Existing/expansion stage
Income Level of Target Population: 
Bottom 20%, 20-60% (lower to lower-middle)

Funding

Primary Source of Funding: 
Donor
Funders: 
Alcon Laboratories, Alliance for Sight, FedEx, Pfizer, Standard Chartered Bank, United Airlines

Technology

Technology Used: 
Computer › Internet
Technology Purpose: 
Improving Diagnosis and Treatment

Scale

Number of Clients Served: 
more than 4,800 e-consultations
Summary: 

Cyber-Sight® is a telemedicine program providing ophthalmologists in developing countries the opportunity to connect with expert mentors through the Internet. It is a program of ORBIS International, a non-profit organization that prevents and treats blindness by providing quality eye care to transform lives and is dedicated to saving sight and eliminating avoidable blindness worldwide.

Key program components: 

Cyber-Sight works through the Cyber-Sight website, where eye care professionals in developing countries transmit patient data and digital images to ORBIS volunteer doctors for assistance with diagnosis and discussion of case management. Volunteer faculty respond to queries electronically in a timely manner, entering into a dialog with partners.

With Cyber-Sight, ORBIS can now achieve extended presence, meaning that contact with those served is not limited by how long the Flying Eye Hospital is in place or how long a hospital program lasts. The program is available to all qualified ophthalmologists in the developing countries and needs the support of any qualified ophthalmologist who wishes to donate his/her time and expertise.

Cyber-Sight establishes an "extended presence," enabling ORBIS to further transfer knowledge outside the parameters of the Flying Eye Hospital or a hospital-based program. ORBIS volunteer medical faculty offer online assistance to local doctors in diagnosing and treating patients while giving them the opportunity to grow in skills and confidence.

Cyber-Sight has three distinctive program components to aid blindness prevention:

  • E-Consultation links partners with expert mentors for the purpose of patient consultation on all cases, including pediatric ophthalmology.

  • E-Resources provides convenient access to ophthalmology educational resources and materials geared to any eye care provider worldwide.

  • E-Learning allows enrolled doctors to take tests covering basic ophthalmic material while earning continuing medical education credit.

Program history: 

In 2002, ORBIS International initiated Cyber-Sight®, a telemedicine program providing ophthalmologists in developing countries the opportunity to connect with expert mentors through the Internet.

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