Optometrists – “We’re helping the patient, and we’re helping the optometrist”

Moorfields Eye Hospital ophthalmologist, Dr Meera Radia, has explained how her new clinical app is connecting optometrists. As well as ophthalmologists for better referrals and more reliable clinical advice. Radia is co-founder of PocketEye, which launched in the UK in August 2022.

The app aims to connect primary and secondary eye care, providing instant clinical advice and guidance. Answering questions including whether the patient should be referred to the hospital. Or whether they should be sent home with advice to follow.

PocketEye is GDPR secure, meaning it provides a safe and confidential solution that unregulated WhatsApp groups cannot, Radia said: “Optometrists can send us images, and we can instantly reply and give advice.”

She believes that unregulated WhatsApp groups where potentially sensitive patient data is stored “create a big problem for patient safety.”