Publications

Peer Reviewed Journal Articles

Pelayo C, Mora Pinzón M, Lock LJ, Fowlkes C, Stevens CL, Hoang J, Garcia JL, Jacobson NA, Channa R, Liu Y. Factors Influencing Eye Screening Adherence Among Latinx Patients With Diabetes: A Qualitative Study. Transl Vis Sci Technol. 2023 Dec 1;12(12):8. doi: 10.1167/tvst.12.12.8. PMID: 38060234; PMCID: PMC10709803.

Pelayo C, Hoang J, Mora Pinzón M, Lock LJ, Fowlkes C, Stevens CL, Jacobson NA, Channa R, Liu Y. Perspectives of Latinx Patients with Diabetes on Teleophthalmology, Artificial Intelligence-Based Image Interpretation, and Virtual Care: A Qualitative Study. Telemed Rep. 2023 Oct 20;4(1):317-326. doi: 10.1089/tmr.2023.0045. PMID: 37908628; PMCID: PMC10615055.

Luo S, Lock LJ, Xing B, Wingelaar M, Channa R, Liu Y. Factors Associated with Follow-Up Adherence After Teleophthalmology for Diabetic Eye Screening Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Telemed J E Health. 2023 Aug;29(8):1171-1178. doi: 10.1089/tmj.2022.0391. Epub 2022 Dec 23. PMID: 36576981; PMCID: PMC10440654.

Lock LJ, Channa R, Brennan MB, Cao Y, Liu Y. Effect of health system on the association of rurality and level of disadvantage with receipt of diabetic eye screening. BMJ Open Diabetes Res Care. 2022 Dec;10(6):e003174. doi: 10.1136/bmjdrc-2022-003174. PMID: 36517109; PMCID: PMC9756146.

Lock LJ, Banghart M, Channa R, Smith MA, Brennan MB, Torres Diaz A, Liu Y. Analysis of Health System Size and Variability in Diabetic Eye Disease Screening in Wisconsin. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Jan 4;5(1):e2143937. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.43937. PMID: 35040971.

Can be accessed here: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.43937

Torres Diaz A, Lock LJ, Molfenter TD, Mahoney JE, Boss D, Bjelland TD, Liu Y. Implementation for Sustained Impact in Teleophthalmology (I-SITE): applying the NIATx Model for tailored implementation of diabetic retinopathy screening in primary care. Implement Sci Commun. 2021 Jul 6;2(1):74. doi: 10.1186/s43058-021-00175-0. PMID: 34229748; PMCID: PMC8258481.Can be accessed here: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2788176

Liu Y, Carlson JN, Torres Diaz A, Lock LJ, Zupan NJ, Molfenter TD, Mahoney JE, Palta M, Boss D, Bjelland TD, Smith MA. Sustaining Gains in Diabetic Eye Screening: Outcomes from a Stakeholder-Based Implementation Program for Teleophthalmology in Primary Care. Telemed J E Health. 2020 Nov 19. doi: 10.1089/tmj.2020.0270. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33216697.Can be accessed here: https://doi.org/10.1089/tmj.2020.0270

Liu Y, Torres Diaz A, Benkert R. Scaling up Teleophthamology for Diabetic Eye Screening: Opportunities for Widespread Implementation in the USA Current Diabetes Reports.2019 Aug 02; 19:74. doi:10.1007/s11892-019-1187-5.Can be accessed here: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11892-019-1187-5

Liu Y, Zupan NJ, Swearingen R, et alIdentification of barriers, facilitators and system-based implementation strategies to increase teleophthalmology use for diabetic eye screening in a rural US primary care clinic: a qualitative study BMJ Open 2019;9:e022594. Can be accessed here: https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/9/2/e022594

Liu Y, Zupan NJ, Shiyanbola OO, et al Factors influencing patient adherence with diabetic eye screening in rural communities: A qualitative study. PLOS ONE. 2018; 13(11): e0206742Can be accessed here: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0206742

Liu Y, Swearingen R. Diabetic Eye Screening: Knowledge and Perspectives from Providers and Patients. Current Diabetes Reports. 2017 Aug 31; 17(10):94. (PMID: 28856510)Can be accessed here: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11892-017-0911-2

Peer-Reviewed Abstracts

Stevens CL, Peterson K, Lock LJ, Brennan M, Channa R, Liu Y. Association of primary care provider characteristics with likelihood of diabetic eye screening receipt in a large state-wide claims database. Poster presentation at 2024 Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) Annual Meeting, May 5, 2024.

Lock LJ, Peterson K, Stevens CL, Chen G, Quanbeck A, Liu Y. Patient factors associated with diabetic eye screening receipt at baseline in the Implementation of Teleophthalmology in Rural Health Systems (I-TRUST) Study. Poster presentation at 2024 Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) Annual Meeting, May 5, 2024.

Pelayo C, Mora Pinzon M, Lock LJ,Garcia JL, Fowlkes C, Stevens CL, Jacobson NA, Liu Y. Factors Influencing Teleophthalmology Use for Diabetic Eye Screening in Urban Latinx Communities. Poster presentation at 2023 Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) Annual Meeting, April 23, 2023.

Zhong T, Lock LJ, Fowlkes C, Pelayo C, Stevens CL, Liu Y. Evaluating Return on Investment: Downstream Revenue in a Teleophthalmology Program for Diabetic Eye Screening. Poster presentation at 2023 Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) Annual Meeting, April 23, 2023.

Fowlkes C, Lock LJ, Hoang J, Bollepalli G, Shiyanbola OO, Jacobson NA, Torres Diaz A, Liu Y. Systems modeling to integrate health equity into implementation science: cultural adaptation of an implementation program for tele-ophthalmology in urban, low-income black communities. Poster presentation at 2022 Dissemination and Implementation (D&I) Conference, December 11, 2022.

Lock LJ, Channa R, Brennan MB, Cao Y, Fowlkes C, Liu Y. Analysis of Health System Effect on Diabetic Eye Screening Variability in Rural Versus Urban Underserved Primary Care Clinics. Poster presentation at 2022 Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) Annual Meeting, May 1, 2022.

Fowlkes C, Lock LJ, Hoang J, Shiyanbola OO, Jacobson NA, Liu Y. Factors influencing eye screening adherence among urban Black patients with diabetes: a qualitative study. Poster presentation at 2022 Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) Annual Meeting, May 1, 2022.

Torres Diaz A, Lock LJ, Molfenter TD, Mahoney JE, Boss D, Bjelland TD, Liu Y. Diabetic Retinopathy Screening in Primary Care: Implementation for Sustained Impact in Teleophthalmology (I-SITE). Poster presentation at 2021 Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) Annual Meeting, May 3, 2021.

Lock LJ, Smith MA, Brennan MB, Torres Diaz A, Liu Y. Health System Size and Rurality Predict Diabetic Eye Screening Adherence. Poster presentation at 2021 Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) Annual Meeting, May 3, 2021. Held virtually

Liu Y, Torres Diaz A, Lock LJ, Molfenter TD, Boss D, Bjelland TD, Mahoney JE. Applying the NIATx model for tailored implementation of telehealth-based diabetic retinopathy screening in primary care. Poster presentation at 2020 Virtual Dissemination and Implementation (D&I) Conference, December 2020.

Liu, Y , Torres Diaz A , Carlson, J.N , Zupan N.J , Molfenter T.D, McDaniel K.W, Mahoney J.E , Palta M, Boss D, Klein R , Bjelland T.D , Smith M. Advancing Adoption of Teleophthalmology in Primary Care through Stakeholder- Engaged Implementation. Presentation at the 2020 American Telemedicine Association Annual Meeting. Phoenix, AZ. May 2020.

Liu, Y , Torres Diaz A , Carlson, J.N , Zupan N.J , Molfenter T.D, McDaniel K.W, Mahoney J.E , Palta M, Boss D, Klein R , Bjelland T.D , Smith M. Engaging patients and clinical stakeholders to increase teleophthalmology use for diabetic eye screening in rural primary care clinics. Presentation at the 2020 I-PrACTISE Conference. Madison, WI. March, 2020.

Liu, Y , Torres Diaz A , Carlson, J.N , Zupan N.J , Molfenter T.D, McDaniel K.W, Mahoney J.E , Palta M, Boss D, Klein R , Bjelland T.D, Smith M. Increasing Diabetic Eye Screening Rates by Adapting the NIATx Model for Stakeholder-Engaged Teleophthalmology Implementation in Primary Care. Presentation at Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health. Arlington, VA . December 2019.

Liu Y, Carlson J, Zupan N, Molfenter T, Mahoney J , Boss D, Klein R, Bjelland T, Smith M. Engaging patients and clinical stakeholders to increase teleophthalmology use for diabetic eye screening in rural primary care clinics. Poster Presentation at the 2019 ARVO Annual Meeting. Vancouver, BC. April 2019

Zupan N, Shiyanbola O, Swearingen R, Carlson J, Jacobson N, Smith M, Mahoney J, Klein R, Bjelland T, Liu Y. Ecological factors influencing patient adherence with diabetic eye screening in rural communities: a qualitative study.Poster presentation at the 2018 Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology(ARVO) Annual Meeting. Honolulu, HI. May 2018.

Carlson J, Georgeson S, Swearingen R, Zupan N, Smith M, Mahoney J, Klein R, Bjelland T, Liu Y. Assessing diabetic eye screening rates in a rural, multi-payer health system.Poster presentation at the 2018 ARVO Annual Meeting. Honolulu, HI. May 2018.

Liu Y, Swearingen R, Jacobson N, Bjelland T, Smith M. Patient and primary care provider barriers and facilitators to teleophthalmology use in a rural, multi-payer health system. Poster presentation at the 2017 ARVO Annual Meeting. Baltimore, MD. May 2017.

Chapters in Books

Liu Y, Lock L, Torres Diaz A, Giangiacomo A. Stakeholder Engagement and Training. In: Maa, A, ed. Ocular Telehealth 1st edition. New York, NY: Elsevier; 2022: Chapter 13

Giangiacomo A, Liu Y. Glaucoma Telehealth. In: Maa, A, ed. Ocular Telehealth 1st edition. New York, NY: Elsevier; 2022: Chapter 5

Toolkit

Our toolkit for implementing a sustainable teleophthalmology program is NOW available on the Preventing Blindness with UW Teleophthalmology page of the HIP website!