New digital models of care in ophthalmology, during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic

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COVID-19 has led to massive disruptions in societal, economic and healthcare systems globally. While COVID-19 has sparked a surge and expansion of new digital business models in different industries, healthcare has been slower to adapt to digital solutions. The majority of ophthalmology clinical practices are still operating through a traditional model of 'brick-and-mortar' facilities and 'face-to-face' patient-physician interaction. In the current climate of COVID-19, there is a need to fuel implementation of digital health models for ophthalmology. In this article, we highlight the current limitations in traditional clinical models as we confront COVID-19, review the current lack of digital initiatives in ophthalmology sphere despite the presence of COVID-19, propose new digital models of care for ophthalmology and discuss potential barriers that need to be considered for sustainable transformation to take place.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:106

Enthalten in:

The British journal of ophthalmology - 106(2022), 4 vom: 01. Apr., Seite 452-457

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Tham, Yih-Chung [VerfasserIn]
Husain, Rahat [VerfasserIn]
Teo, Kelvin Yi Chong [VerfasserIn]
Tan, Anna Cheng Sim [VerfasserIn]
Chew, Annabel Chee Yen [VerfasserIn]
Ting, Daniel S [VerfasserIn]
Cheng, Ching-Yu [VerfasserIn]
Tan, Gavin Siew Wei [VerfasserIn]
Wong, Tien Yin [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Covid-19
Diagnostic tests/investigation
Journal Article
Public health
Review
Telemedicine
Vision

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 25.03.2022

Date Revised 13.04.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1136/bjophthalmol-2020-317683

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM323097227