ArticleAmerican journal of ophthalmology2021
Telehealth-based Eye Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Utilization, Safety, and the Patient Experience.
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- Telemedicine in Eye Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Review of Patient & Physician Perspectives.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2024Article
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- Let Us Take It into Our Own Hands: Patient Experience during the COVID-19 Pandemic.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Telemedicine for Retinal Disease During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Survey of the Patient Perspective.Ophthalmology and therapy · 2022Article
- Outcomes of a Hybrid Ophthalmology Telemedicine Model for Outpatient Eye Care During COVID-19.JAMA network open · 2022Article
- Empowering Patients Through Virtual Care Delivery: Qualitative Study With Micropractice Clinic Patients and Health Care Providers.JMIR formative research · 2022Article
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- Socioeconomic and Demographic Disparities in the Use of Telemedicine for Ophthalmic Care during the COVID-19 Pandemic.Ophthalmology · 2022Article
- Changes to ophthalmic clinical care during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.Current opinion in ophthalmology · 2021Review
- The Role and Views of Ophthalmologists During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2021Article
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purposeTo assess the initial utilization, safety, and patient experience with tele-ophthalmology during the COVID-19 pandemic.
designCross-sectional study.
methodsWe conducted a telephone survey and interview of a random sample of patients who received different modalities of care (in-person, telephone, videocall, or visits deferred) during Michigan's shelter-in-place order beginning March 23, 2020. The survey assessed patient safety, patient satisfaction with care, perceptions of telehealth-based eye care, and worry about eyesight. Data were analyzed via frequency measures (eg, means and standard deviations), χ
resultsA total of 3,274 patients were called and 1,720 (53%) agreed to participate. In-person participants were significantly older than telephone (P = .002) and videocall visit (P = .001) participants. Significantly more white participants had in-person visits than minority participants (P = .002). In-person visit participants worried about their eyesight more (2.7, standard deviation [SD] = 1.2) than those who had telephone (2.5, SD = 1.3), videocall (2.4, SD = 1.1), or deferred visits (2.4, SD = 1.2) (P = .004). Of all telephone or videocall visits, 1.5% (n = 26) resulted in an in-person visit within 1 day, 2.9% (n = 48) within 2-7 days, and 2.4% (n = 40) within 8-14 days after the virtual visit demonstrating appropriate triage to telemedicine-based care. Patients frequently cited a desire for augmenting the telephone or videocall visits with objective test data.
conclusionsWhen appropriately triaged, tele-ophthalmology appears to be a safe way to reduce the volume of in-person visits to promote social distancing in the clinic. A hybrid model of eye care combining ancillary testing with a video or phone visit represents a promising model of care.
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