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ArticleBioengineering (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Revolutionizing Patient Monitoring in Age-Related Macular Degeneration: A Comparative Study on the Necessity and Efficiency of the AMD VIEWER.

Hitoshi Tabuchi, Tomofusa Yamauchi, Toshihiko Nagasawa, Hodaka Deguchi, Mao Tanabe, Hayato Tanaka, Tsutomu Yasukawa

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Article in Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Hitoshi TabuchiDepartment of Technology and Design Thinking for Medicine, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 734-0037, Japan.
Tomofusa YamauchiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Tsukazaki Hospital, Himeji 671-1227, Japan.
Toshihiko NagasawaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Tsukazaki Hospital, Himeji 671-1227, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-0931-6840
Hodaka DeguchiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Tsukazaki Hospital, Himeji 671-1227, Japan.
Mao TanabeDepartment of Ophthalmology, Tsukazaki Hospital, Himeji 671-1227, Japan.
Hayato TanakaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Tsukazaki Hospital, Himeji 671-1227, Japan.
Tsutomu YasukawaDepartment of Ophthalmology, Nagoya City University, Nagoya 467-0001, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-9913-1905
Hiroshima University · JPNagoya City University · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

(1) Background: Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) is a critical condition leading to blindness, necessitating lifelong clinic visits for management, albeit with existing challenges in monitoring its long-term progression. This study introduced and assessed an innovative tool, the AMD long-term Information Viewer (AMD VIEWER), designed to offer a comprehensive display of crucial medical data-including visual acuity, central retinal thickness, macular volume, vitreous injection treatment history, and Optical Coherent Tomography (OCT) images-across an individual eye's entire treatment course. (2) Methods: By analyzing visit frequencies of patients with a history of invasive AMD treatment, a comparative examination between a Dropout group and an Active group underscored the clinical importance of regular visits, particularly highlighting better treatment outcomes and maintained visual acuity in the Active group. (3) Results: The efficiency of AMD VIEWER was proven by comparing it to manual data input by optometrists, showing significantly faster data display with no errors, unlike the time-consuming and error-prone manual entries. Furthermore, an elicited Net Promoter Score (NPS) of 70 from 10 ophthalmologists strongly endorsed AMD VIEWER's practical utility. (4) Conclusions: This study underscores the importance of regular clinic visits for AMD patients. It suggests the AMD VIEWER as an effective tool for improving treatment data management and display.

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age-related macular degenerationelectronic medical recordinformation and communication technologylong-term follow upmedical system

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