The Foundation for Supporting the Development of Ophthalmology has undertaken a pilot screening project for diabetics in Poland. The project "Diabetic Retinopathy Screening". involved examining diabetics during a visit to a diabetologist, without the involvement of an ophthalmologist - fundus photos were analysed by artificial intelligence. The project was co-financed by the City of Poznań.
The Foundation trained the nursing staff of the diabetes clinic in the use of the funduscamera (a camera for taking fundus images). It turned out that a few hours' training in the use of the camera and the software using artificial intelligence was enough to ensure that every patient received an additional examination for RBD in the diabetologist's office.