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This Startup Is Screening Kids’ Eyes With an App Instead of a $20,000 Device
Gobiquity says pediatricians using its FDA-registered GoCheck Kids software have detected risks in 50,000 of 900,000 children.
The GoCheck Kids screening app.
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GoCheck Kids is the first iPhone app registered with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to screen young children for correctable vision impairment with a simple photo. Among other things, it’s meant to reduce the risk of permanent vision loss among the 18 million American kids younger than 6; most medical practices can’t afford the industry-standard $20,000 screening devices used to diagnose rare eye diseases.
David Huang
Age 54
Ophthalmology professor at Oregon Health and Science University and co-founder of Gobiquity Inc., a 20-employee startup in Nashville