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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Ophthalmol. 2023 Mar 10;251:43–51. doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2023.02.026

Table 3.

Implementation costs for the Michigan Screening and Intervention for Glaucoma and eye Health through Telemedicine (MI-SIGHT) program

Start-up Cost $206,369.27
 Renovations $11,858.96
 Furniture $2,833.14
 Moving $1,838.08
 Computers/Scanners/Computer Supplies $19,632.01
 OCT $94,890.00
 Ophthalmology Equipment/Supplies/Tools & Office set-up $75,130.63
 Personnel set-up time/Incidental costs $80.50
 Outreach (nonrecurring) $105.95
Clinical Recurrent Yearly Cost $496,206.09
 Computer/Tablet updates $1,160.00
 OCT Licensing fees $7,000.00
 Software fees $114.40
 Rent $20,000.00
 Clinical Salary
  MD (1 oversight, 5 screening, 1 every other month glaucoma clinic + benefits) $176,968.22
  Technicians (3 full-time technicians + benefits) $208,570.80
  Admin/Clerk helper (full-time salary + benefits) $60,230.28
 Community Outreach/Advertising (flyers, stamps, health fairs, advertisements) $2,818.10
 Ophthalmology Supplies/Meds/Equipment/PPE/Scrubs/Reading glasses/Frames $4,357.76
 Office Supplies (toner, paper, pens/pencils, batteries, tissue paper, etc.) $13,459.85
 IT Support (12 months - storage, memory, backup) $526.68
 Incidental $1,000.00

OCT, Optical Coherence Tomography; MD, Medical Doctor; PPE, Personal Protection Equipment; IT, Information Technology