ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2023
Evaluating the Efficacy of Teleophthalmology in Delivering Ophthalmic Care to Underserved Populations: A Literature Review.
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20 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 47 citations in OpenAlex.
- Home-monitoring/remote optical coherence tomography in teleophthalmology in patients with eye disorders-a systematic review.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma among Black and Latinx Populations: Exploring Racial Disparities in the United States.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Review
- Comorbidities in Age-Related Cataract: Epidemiological Burden and Public Health Implications.Vision (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Unseen Insights: An AI-Powered Exploration of Secure Patient Messages in Ophthalmology.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2026Article
- Attitudes of Healthcare Service Users in Bulgaria Towards the Application of Teleophthalmology in the Case of Glaucoma.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Barriers and facilitators to the use of tele-ophthalmology in diabetic eye care: a scoping review.BMC health services research · 2026Article
- Expanding Access to Retinal Imaging Through Patient-Operated Optical Coherence Tomography in a Veterans Affairs Retina Clinic.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Teleophthalmology adoption and perceived barriers among Colombian general practitioners: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in digital health · 2026Article
- Eye and Systemic Disease Management Changes After Teleophthalmology Screening in Primary Care: Retrospective Cross-Sectional Pilot Study of 200 Consecutive Patients.JMIR formative research · 2025Article
- Multi-stage framework using transformer models, feature fusion and ensemble learning for enhancing eye disease classification.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Tackling visual impairment: emerging avenues in ophthalmology.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Review
- Implementing teleophthalmology services to improve cost-effectiveness of the national eye care system.Eye (London, England) · 2024Article
- The Benefits and Challenges of Implementing Teleophthalmology in Low-Resource Settings: A Systematic Review.Cureus · 2024Review
- Teleophthalmology at a primary and tertiary eye care network from India: environmental and economic impact.Eye (London, England) · 2024Article
- Infectious eye disease in the 21st century-an overview.Eye (London, England) · 2024Review
- Insights Into Eye Care Accessibility: Geospatial Distribution of Eye Care Providers and Socioeconomic Factors by ZIP Code.Translational vision science & technology · 2024Article
- Opting out of Medicare: Characteristics and differences between optometrists and ophthalmologists.PloS one · 2024Article
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- Early-Phase Perceptions of COVID-19's Impact on Ophthalmology Practice Patterns: A Survey from the Pan-American Association of Ophthalmology.Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2023Article
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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
Technological advancement has brought commendable changes in medicine, advancing diagnosis, treatment, and interventions. Telemedicine has been adopted by various subspecialties including ophthalmology. Over the years, teleophthalmology has been implemented in various countries, and continuous progress is being made in this area. In underserved populations, due to socioeconomic factors, there is little or no access to healthcare facilities, and people are at higher risk of eye diseases and vision impairment. Transportation is the major hurdle for these people in obtaining access to eye care in the main hospitals. There is a dire need for accessible eye care for such populations, and teleophthalmology is the ray of hope for providing eye care facilities to underserved people. Numerous studies have reported the advantages of teleophthalmology for rural populations such as being cost-effective, timesaving, reliable, efficient, and satisfactory for patients. Although it is being practiced in urban populations, for rural populations, its benefits amplify. However, there are certain obstacles as well, such as the cost of equipment, lack of steady electricity and internet supply in rural areas, and the attitude of people in certain regions toward acceptance of teleophthalmology. In this review, we have discussed in detail eye health in rural populations, teleophthalmology, and its effectiveness in rural populations of different countries.
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