Waitlists cut 87%
Because of AI, Oman screened 43,000 diabetics for retinopathy, flagged 12,000 for treatment, and cut specialist waiting lists by 87%.
Oman's national AI diabetic-retinopathy screening program reported 43,000+ patients screened, ~30% referred for specialist examination, an 87% reduction in eye-clinic waiting lists, and 43.2% lower annual operating costs.
Sources
- primaryMuscat Daily: Oman turns to AI to tackle diabetes-related blindnessmuscatdaily.com
Editor's notes
verify: program start date; which AI vendor.
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“Because of AI, Oman screened 43,000 diabetics for retinopathy, flagged 12,000 for treatment, and cut specialist waiting lists by 87%.” Because of AI, updated Oct 22, 2026. https://becauseofai.org/entry/oman-ai-retinopathy@misc{becauseofai_oman_ai_retinopathy,
title = {Because of AI, Oman screened 43,000 diabetics for retinopathy, flagged 12,000 for treatment, and cut specialist waiting lists by 87%.},
howpublished = {\url{https://becauseofai.org/entry/oman-ai-retinopathy}},
note = {Because of AI registry, updated Oct 22, 2026},
year = {2026}
}