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ArticleThe open medical informatics journal2017

Teleophthalmology in Practice: Lessons Learned from a Pilot Project.

Haleh Ayatollahi, Aynaz Nourani, Taleb Khodaveisi, Hossein Aghaei, Mehrdad Mohammadpour

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Article in The open medical informatics journal, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The Role of Optometry in the Delivery of Eye Care via Telehealth: A Systematic Literature Review.Telemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association · 2022
    Pooled it
  2. Review
  3. Article
  4. Tele-ophthalmology: Need of the hour.Indian journal of ophthalmology · 2020
    Review
  5. Ophthalmologists on Smartphones: Image-Based Teleconsultation.The British and Irish orthoptic journal · 2019
    Article
  6. Article
  7. Smartphones, tele-ophthalmology, and VISION 2020.International journal of ophthalmology · 2017
    Review
4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Haleh AyatollahiDepartment of Health Information Management, School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Aynaz NouraniDepartment of Health Information Management, School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Taleb KhodaveisiDepartment of Health Information Management, School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Hossein AghaeiEye Research Center, Rassoul Akram Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Mehrdad MohammadpourFarabi Eye Hospital, Eye Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Iran University of Medical Sciences · IRFarabi Hospital · IR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionOphthalmology is a medical specialty which may benefit from using telemedicine and teleophthalmology services. Such services are significantly important in the poor, remote, and impassable geographical areas, where there is no access to the ophthalmology services and ophthalmologists. This study aimed to design and implement a teleophthalmology system using the method of store-and-forward.

methodsThe study was conducted in 2015 and consisted of two main phases. The first phase was based requirement analysis, and in the second phase, after designing the prototype, an initial usability testing was undertaken in a teaching hospital. The participants of the study were 10 optometrists and 10 ophthalmologists (cornea specialists). For each phase of the research, a questionnaire was used to collect data, and the collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics.

resultsIn this study, users' requirements were initially investigated. Then, the teleophthalmology system was designed based on the literature review and the results derived from the requirements' analysis. Finally, usability testing showed that the users were relatively satisfied with the system.

conclusionAccording to the results, it can be concluded that the teleophthalmology technology can be used in the country by optometrists and ophthalmologists to improve eye health care services and to prevent the prevalence of curable eye diseases.

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CataractOphthalmologyOptometryRemote consultationTelemedicineTeleophthalmology

Identifiers

PMID29081869
PMCPMC5633703
OpenAlexW2734575460

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