Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is the leading cause of blindness for people in their productive years. Blindness can be significantly reduced if DR is detected and treated in early stages. Therefore, screening of DR plays a pivotal role in preventing blindness; however, compliance rates of DR screening are below recommended standards. Given that interventions that improve health care system infrastructure and processes have shown to achieve a significant increase in retinal screening rates, it may be possible that by integrating the screening of DR using digital retinal images into the chronic care model of diabetes, better services and care could be provided for patients. In addition, this model could provide more value not only for people with diabetes, but also for healthcare providers and for the healthcare system. The aim of this article is to answer the question whether there is enough evidence to support the integration of a diabetic retinopathy screening model within the diabetic chronic care model (CCM).