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93 IV PATIENT OUTREACH
The EyePACS Handbook: Tools for Program Success
IV PATIENT OUTREACH
Top Three Patient Outreach Opportunities
1. PROVIDERS. The first contact for diabetic patients is their family
physician/general physician, diabetes case manager, or health center provider.
These providers should receive information, training, and motivational tools to
encourage them to refer diabetic patients for retinopathy screening.
Opportunity: Conduct seminars for physicians on diabetic eye complications
with focus on eye screening and its importance.
2. PATIENTS. Patients can be their own best care advocates if they are properly
informed and educated.
Opportunity: Display awareness posters at primary care health centers, clinics,
and hospitals.
3. COMMUNITY. Health education programs and fundraising programs for the
community can motivate at-risk individuals to obtain a screening.
Opportunity: Create programs and communicate directly with the target
audiences – patients with diabetes; family members of patients with diabetes;
teachers; religious and other community leaders; and other individuals from
nongovernmental organizations working in other fields.