Accessing regular healthcare in remote towns and communities can be a significant challenge. But medical specialists operating a roving eye treatment service in Western Australia say artificial intelligence is now delivering more accurate diagnoses, and not just for eye conditions.

For more than a decade, this mobile eye clinic has been visiting remote communities all over Western Australia, filling gaps in health services.

But now the clinic has a powerful new tool. For the last year we’ve been doing a trial to look at how to diagnose diabetic retinopathy at the back of the eye with AI.

Watch the ABC News report below.