AEYE Health expands real-time Epic integration to speed up diabetic retinopathy screening nationwide
New York, United States, 29 January 2026 – AEYE Health has announced the nationwide expansion of its enhanced integration with Epic, making AI-powered diabetic eye exams faster and easier to deliver directly within routine clinical visits. The update allows healthcare providers to order exams and receive results in real time, completing diabetic retinopathy screenings in under one minute without disrupting existing workflows.
The improved integration is designed specifically for portable AI screening and is now live across dozens of hospitals and healthcare systems that use Epic. Primary care physicians, endocrinologists, and diabetes care teams can perform on-the-spot eye exams without needing a specialist to interpret the results. This helps close major care gaps for patients with diabetes while supporting quality measures and reimbursement through CPT code 92229, the first AI-specific billing code approved in the United States.
With the new workflow, providers can order a diabetic retinopathy exam directly from the patient’s electronic chart. A nurse or medical assistant captures a single retinal image per eye using a portable camera connected to AEYE Health’s autonomous AI solution, AEYE-DS. The system analyzes the images instantly and returns results to the patient record within seconds. If signs of disease are detected, an automated alert is sent to ophthalmology, so follow-up care can be arranged quickly. From start to finish, the entire process takes less than a minute, with billing and care gap reporting handled automatically.
According to Zack Dvey-Aharon, Ph.D., co-founder and CEO of AEYE Health, the enhanced Epic integration removes many of the barriers that have traditionally slowed diabetic eye screening. By automating image capture, analysis, documentation, and reimbursement, healthcare teams can focus more on patient care while still delivering fast and accurate eye exams at the point of care. Adoption of the solution is accelerating across hospitals and clinics, expanding access to early detection and helping prevent vision loss among people with diabetes.
AEYE Health already supports several major electronic medical record platforms and continues to expand its reach. The company’s goal is to make AI retinal screening practical, accessible, and easy to use across a wide range of healthcare settings, from large hospital systems to community clinics.
As demand grows for AI in healthcare and point-of-care diagnostics, this expanded Epic integration highlights how autonomous AI tools are becoming part of everyday clinical practice. By combining speed, accuracy, and seamless workflow integration, AEYE Health is helping healthcare providers deliver timely diabetic eye exams to patients across the country.
