About KeepSight
KeepSight is designed to make it easier forpeople with diabetes to get their eyes checked.
KeepSight makes it easier for people with diabetes to get their eyes checked.
Many Australians with diabetes miss out on regular diabetes eye checks. They might not be aware of how important they are, or they simply struggle to fit them in to their busy lives.
But regular diabetes eye checks are crucial to maintain good eye health and keep your vision.
The program
KeepSight is a free, national diabetes eye check reminder program, delivered by Diabetes Australia, that makes it easier to take care of your eye health.
We are encouraging the 1.5 million Australians living with diabetes to register with KeepSight. It will provide a helpful nudge at the right time (by e-mail, mail or SMS) reminding you to make an appointment for a diabetes eye check with an eye care professional of your choice. Sign up for KeepSight.
Health professionals can also register people with diabetes to the program. When you next visit your health professional, tell them you’d like to register with KeepSight.
How does it work?
The concept of KeepSight is simple – increase the number of people with diabetes having regular diabetes eye checks, to prevent diabetes-related vision loss.
To do this, we will encourage 1.5 million Australians living with diabetes to make an appointment with an eye care professional of their choice for a Medicare-funded diabetes eye test.
People registered with the National Diabetes Services Scheme will receive important eye health information and alerts encouraging them to have a diabetes eye check.
We’ve developed this website, where people can nominate when they last had an eye check. If they have had an eye check recently, they can register with KeepSight to receive regular reminders. If they haven’t had an eye check recently, they can download a referral card and take it to their local eye health professional for a diabetes eye check.
Health professionals can also register people with diabetes to the program. When you next visit your health professional, tell them you’d like to register with KeepSight.
KeepSight partners
As a partnership program, KeepSight is led by Diabetes Australia and endorsed by RANZCO and Optometry Australia. It is funded through a public/private partnership with matched funding from the Australian Government and the private sector including Specsavers and Bayer. Other partners contributing expertise (rather than direct funds) include Vision 2020 Australia and Centre for Eye Research Australia.
A partnership model allows the program to benefit from specialist expertise from different organisations and parts of the health sector in making sure the nearly 1.5 million people with diabetes in Australia are having an eye check to prevent vision loss from their diabetes.
