ReviewInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022
Applications and Current Medico-Legal Challenges of Telemedicine in Ophthalmology.
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- Mapping global inequities in telemedicine implementation: An umbrella review of barriers and facilitators.PloS one · 2026Pooled it
- Social Media and Telemedicine in Ophthalmology: Misinformation, Patient Perception, and the Evolving Digital Patient.Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2026Review
- Medical teleconsultation from the patient's perspective. A demographic segmentation.The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care · 2025Article
- Remote Monitoring of Patients with Retinal Vein Occlusions Treated with Anti-VEGF: A Pilot Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
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- Tackling visual impairment: emerging avenues in ophthalmology.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Review
- The Benefits and Challenges of Implementing Teleophthalmology in Low-Resource Settings: A Systematic Review.Cureus · 2024Review
- Challenges of using telemedicine for patients with diabetes during the COVID-19 pandemic: A scoping review.Journal of clinical & translational endocrinology · 2024Article
- Clinical Applications and Future Directions of Smartphone Fundus Imaging.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Feasibility of Tear Meniscus Height Measurements Obtained with a Smartphone-Attachable Portable Device and Agreement of the Results with Standard Slit Lamp Examination.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and COVID vaccination campaign on imaging case volumes and medicolegal aspects.Frontiers in health services · 2024Article
- A Medical Paradigm Shift in Society 5.0: Implementation of a Smartphone App-based Dry Eye Diagnosis Assistance Software as a Medical Device.Juntendo Iji zasshi = Juntendo medical journal · 2024Article
- Is telemedicine a holy grail in healthcare policy: clinicians' and patients' perspectives from an Apex Institution in Western India.BMC health services research · 2023Article
- Surfing the COVID-19 Tsunami with Teleophthalmology: the Advent of New Models of Eye Care.Current ophthalmology reports · 2023Review
- Impact of Covid-19 on Pediatric Ophthalmology Care: Lessons Learned.Pediatric health, medicine and therapeutics · 2023Review
- Effect of COVID-19 Lockdowns on Eye Emergency Department, Increasing Prevalence of Uveitis and Optic Neuritis in the COVID-19 Era.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Artificial intelligence in cornea and ocular surface diseases.Saudi journal of ophthalmology : official journal of the Saudi Ophthalmological SocietyArticle
- Clinical Utility of Smartphone Applications in Ophthalmology: A Systematic Review.Ophthalmology scienceReview
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9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundThe digital revolution is redesigning the healthcare model, and telemedicine offers a good example of the best cost-effectiveness ratio. The COVID-19 pandemic has catalysed the use of the telemedicine. The aim of this review is to describe and discuss the role and the main applications of telemedicine in the ophthalmic clinical practice as well as the related medico-legal aspects.
methods45 original articles and 5 reviews focused on this topic and published in English language from 1997 and 2021 were searched on the online databases of Pubmed, Scopus, Web of Sciences and Embase, by using the following key words: "telemedicine", "privacy", "ophthalmology", "COVID-19" and "informed consent".
resultsTelemedicine is able to guarantee patient care using information and communication technologies. Technology creates an opportunity to link doctors with the aim of assessing clinical cases and maintaining high standards of care while performing and saving time as well. Ophthalmology is one of the fields in which telemedicine is most commonly used for patient management.
conclusionsTelemedicine offers benefits to patients in terms of saving time and costs and avoiding physical contact; however, it is necessary to point out significant limitations such as the absence of physical examinations, the possibility of transmission failure and potential violations of privacy and confidentiality.
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