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Cyber-Sight
Program Website
Country of Operation
Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Nigeria, Uganda
Target geography
Target Population
Target income level
- Bottom 20%
- Lower-middle income (20-40%)
- Middle-income (40-60%)
Health focus
- Eye care
Summary
Cyber-Sight® is a telemedicine program providing ophthalmologists in developing countries the opportunity to connect with expert mentors through the Internet.Program goals
Cyber-Sight is a program of ORBIS International, a non-profit organization that prevents and treats blindness and aims to eliminate avoidable blindness worldwide.
Key program components
Cyber-Sight works through the Cyber-Sight website, a platform where eye care professionals in developing countries transmit patient data and digital images, and doctors can electronically volunteer assistance with diagnosis and case management discussion. With Cyber-Sight, ORBIS, the implementing organization, is able to achieve an extended presence, meaning, that contact with those served is not limited by how long a hospital program lasts. The program is available to all qualified ophthalmologists in the developing countries and allows the support of any qualified ophthalmologist who wishes to donate his/her time and expertise. ORBIS volunteer medical faculty offers 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.
Cyber-Sight is a program of ORBIS International, a non-profit organization that prevents and treats blindness and aims to eliminate avoidable blindness worldwide.
Since launch more than 10,000 electronic consultations and 40,000 individual messages have been sent.
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