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- Title
Telemedicine for Glaucoma: Guidelines and Recommendations.
- Authors
Gan, Kenman; Liu, Yao; Stagg, Brian; Rathi, Siddarth; Pasquale, Louis R.; Damji, Karim
- Abstract
Background:Glaucoma is the leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide. Access to glaucoma specialists is challenging and likely to become more difficult as the population ages. Introduction:Using telemedicine for glaucoma (teleglaucoma) has the potential to increase access to glaucoma care by improving efficiency and decreasing the need for long-distance travel for patients. Results:Teleglaucoma programs can be used for screening, diagnostic consultation, and long-term treatment monitoring. Key components of teleglaucoma programs include patient history, equipment, intraocular pressure measurement, pachymetry, anterior chamber imaging/gonioscopy, fundus photography, retinal nerve fiber layer imaging, medical record and imaging software, and skilled personnel. Discussion:Teleglaucoma has tremendous potential to improve patient access to high-quality cost-effective glaucoma care. Conclusions:We have reviewed some special considerations needed to address the complexity of providing guideline-concordant glaucoma care.
- Subjects
GLAUCOMA; INTRAOCULAR pressure; TELEMEDICINE; NERVE fibers; FUNDUS oculi; MEDICAL records; PRESSURE measurement; MEDICAL photography; DIAGNOSTIC imaging
- Publication
Telemedicine & e-Health, 2020, Vol 26, Issue 4, p551
- ISSN
1530-5627
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1089/tmj.2020.0009