Ophthalmology is a suitable field for telehealth integration given technology's advancement in capturing images and transmitting data. Since the 19th century, with the first photograph of a retina in a living human, the utilization of technology in delivering remote eye care, known as teleophthalmology, has evolved rapidly with smartphones, 5th generation wireless communication, and artificial intelligence. These widespread applications have been used both asynchronously (store-and-forward) and synchronously (real-time) in the screening, diagnosis, Note to the Reader: This chapter is part of the book Digital Health (ISBN: 978-0-6453320-1-8), scheduled for publication in March 2022. The book is being published by Exon Publications,
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