Ophthalmic photographer virtual clinics in medical retina

El-Khayat, Abdul R; Anzidei, Rossella; Konidaris, Vasileios

doi:10.18240/ijo.2020.04.23

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“…There is evidence of this within other ophthalmic subspecialties. El-Khayat et al (2020) found in a virtual clinic setting, 100% agreement between three ophthalmic photographers and doctors in management decisions in patients with macular oedema secondary to diabetes or retinal vein occlusion during a 300-patient observation period. This resulted in a significant increase in the number of patients seen within clinics.…”

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<p>A Quality Assurance Audit of an Orthoptic-Led Virtual Neuro-Ophthalmology Clinic</p>

Smith¹,

Hirst²,

Yagan³

2023

BIOJ

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Introduction: Neuro-ophthalmology is experiencing increasing demand. There is a lack of literature relating to how we deal with the capacity and demand issues, and the use of virtual clinics. Virtual clinics are well-recognised in other subspecialties to help deal with capacity and demand issues, with reports of non-medical-led clinics, and are supported by the National Health Services Long Term Plan and People Plan. We present a quality assurance audit of our orthoptic-led neuro-ophthalmology virtual clinic. Methods: The virtual clinic was developed in October 2014 to help deal with capacity and demand issues, however, only since 2019 have orthoptists been trained to virtually review. This paper provides a summary of a quality assurance audit that was completed to determine concurrence between orthoptic and consultant virtual reviews. Results: From January to August 2021, all patients attending the virtual clinic were reviewed by a trained orthoptist and then audited for concordance by a consultant neuro-ophthalmologist; 163 patients were identified. There was 100% agreement between orthoptic reviewers and consultants regarding visual function status and optical coherence tomography interpretation. Of the patients reviewed, 100% of patients were satisfied and 96% of patients would be happy to be seen in the virtual clinic again. Conclusions: Current demands on the neuro-ophthalmology speciality mean that we need to explore new ways of working. Our outcomes demonstrate a high level of agreement between orthoptists and ophthalmologists, and excellent patient satisfaction results. We hope this highlights where orthoptists can play an invaluable role in the care of neuro-ophthalmic patients and help deal with capacity and demand issues.

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<p>A Quality Assurance Audit of an Orthoptic-Led Virtual Neuro-Ophthalmology Clinic</p>

Smith¹,

Hirst²,

Yagan³

2023

BIOJ

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“…Advanced fundus imaging techniques and optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging have enabled the growth of retinal teleophthalmology systems, where remote imaging containing important clinical information is centrally interpreted [ 21 ]. Careful and proper integration of the retinal telemedicine programs in the current clinical practice will be significant for their proper use and the creation of virtual clinics in the medical retina may change the eye care delivery soon, as displayed in El-Khayat et al [ 22 , 23 ].…”

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confidence: 99%

Teleophthalmology and Artificial Intelligence As Game Changers in Ophthalmic Care After the COVID-19 Pandemic

Nikolaidou¹,

Tsaousis

2021

Cureus

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The current COVID-19 pandemic has boosted a sudden demand for telemedicine due to quarantine and travel restrictions. The exponential increase in the use of telemedicine is expected to affect ophthalmology drastically. The aim of this review is to discuss the utility, effectiveness and challenges of teleophthalmological new tools for eyecare delivery as well as its implementation and possible facilitation with artificial intelligence. We used the terms: "teleophthalmology," "telemedicine and COVID-19," "retinal diseases and telemedicine," "virtual ophthalmology," "cost effectiveness of teleophthalmology," "pediatric teleophthalmology," "Artificial intelligence and ophthalmology," "Glaucoma and teleophthalmology" and "teleophthalmology limitations" in the database of PubMed and selected the articles being published in the course of 2015-2020. After the initial search, 321 articles returned as relevant. A meticulous screening followed and eventually 103 published manuscripts were included and used as our references. Emerging in the market, teleophthalmology is showing great potential for the future of ophthalmological care, benefiting both patients and ophthalmologists in times of pandemics. The spectrum of eye diseases that could benefit from teleophthalmology is wide, including mostly retinal diseases such as diabetic retinopathy, retinopathy of prematurity, age-related macular degeneration but also glaucoma and anterior segment conditions. Simultaneously, artificial intelligence provides ways of implementing teleophthalmology easier and with better outcomes, contributing as significant changing factors for ophthalmology practice after the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Primary care optometry-based diabetic retinopathy review clinics – a new model of care and comparison with virtual diabetic retinopathy clinics

Dorrian,

Al-Janabi,

Gallagher

2024

Eye

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Ophthalmic photographer virtual clinics in medical retina

Cited by 5 publications

References 16 publications

<p>A Quality Assurance Audit of an Orthoptic-Led Virtual Neuro-Ophthalmology Clinic</p>

<p>A Quality Assurance Audit of an Orthoptic-Led Virtual Neuro-Ophthalmology Clinic</p>

Teleophthalmology and Artificial Intelligence As Game Changers in Ophthalmic Care After the COVID-19 Pandemic

Primary care optometry-based diabetic retinopathy review clinics – a new model of care and comparison with virtual diabetic retinopathy clinics

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Ophthalmic photographer virtual clinics in medical retina

Cited by 5 publications

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<p>A Quality Assurance Audit&nbsp;of an Orthoptic-Led Virtual&nbsp;Neuro-Ophthalmology Clinic</p>

<p>A Quality Assurance Audit&nbsp;of an Orthoptic-Led Virtual&nbsp;Neuro-Ophthalmology Clinic</p>

Teleophthalmology and Artificial Intelligence As Game Changers in Ophthalmic Care After the COVID-19 Pandemic

Primary care optometry-based diabetic retinopathy review clinics – a new model of care and comparison with virtual diabetic retinopathy clinics

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