Outcomes following implementation of a high-volume medical retina virtual clinic utilising a diagnostic hub during COVID-19
© 2021. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to The Royal College of Ophthalmologists..
BACKGROUND: To describe the clinical outcomes following implementation of a high-volume medical retina virtual clinic utilising a diagnostic hub.
METHODS: Retrospective consecutive case-series of all patients attending the medical retina virtual clinics at Moorfields Eye Hospital (City Road) for 6 weeks from September 21, 2020.
RESULTS: In 6 weeks, 1006 patients attended the medical retina virtual clinics, which included an appointment in the diagnostic hub followed by an assessment asynchronously the following working day. The vast majority of patients were follow-up attendances (969, 96.3%) with much fewer new patient attendances (37, 3.7%). The most common diagnoses made overall were diabetic retinopathy (457, 45.4%), age-related macular degeneration (208, 20.7%) and retinal vein occlusion (80, 8.0%). The majority of patient (643, 63.9%) outcomes were follow-up in the medical retina virtual clinics including 313 (31.1%) with OCT-only pathway and 330 (32.8%) with OCT and widefield fundus imaging. Routine follow-up requested after virtual assessment included 320 (31.8%) with a 3-4 month review and 267 (26.5%) with a 6 months assessment. Only 62 patients (6.2%) were asked to return for face-to-face assessment within 2 weeks.
CONCLUSIONS: We describe a new high-volume medical retina virtual clinic utilising a diagnostic hub in which more than 1000 patients were seen and assessed asynchronously. Most patients were assessed as suitable for routine follow-up in this virtual pathway and only a small proportion required urgent reviews (within 2 weeks). In the COVID-19 era, this form of high-volume virtual clinic has the potential to review patients efficiently and safely.
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2022 |
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2022 |
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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:36 |
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Eye (London, England) - 36(2022), 3 vom: 06. März, Seite 627-633 |
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Englisch |
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Date Completed 01.03.2022 Date Revised 18.04.2022 published: Print-Electronic Citation Status MEDLINE |
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10.1038/s41433-021-01510-4 |
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| 520 | |a BACKGROUND: To describe the clinical outcomes following implementation of a high-volume medical retina virtual clinic utilising a diagnostic hub | ||
| 520 | |a METHODS: Retrospective consecutive case-series of all patients attending the medical retina virtual clinics at Moorfields Eye Hospital (City Road) for 6 weeks from September 21, 2020 | ||
| 520 | |a RESULTS: In 6 weeks, 1006 patients attended the medical retina virtual clinics, which included an appointment in the diagnostic hub followed by an assessment asynchronously the following working day. The vast majority of patients were follow-up attendances (969, 96.3%) with much fewer new patient attendances (37, 3.7%). The most common diagnoses made overall were diabetic retinopathy (457, 45.4%), age-related macular degeneration (208, 20.7%) and retinal vein occlusion (80, 8.0%). The majority of patient (643, 63.9%) outcomes were follow-up in the medical retina virtual clinics including 313 (31.1%) with OCT-only pathway and 330 (32.8%) with OCT and widefield fundus imaging. Routine follow-up requested after virtual assessment included 320 (31.8%) with a 3-4 month review and 267 (26.5%) with a 6 months assessment. Only 62 patients (6.2%) were asked to return for face-to-face assessment within 2 weeks | ||
| 520 | |a CONCLUSIONS: We describe a new high-volume medical retina virtual clinic utilising a diagnostic hub in which more than 1000 patients were seen and assessed asynchronously. Most patients were assessed as suitable for routine follow-up in this virtual pathway and only a small proportion required urgent reviews (within 2 weeks). In the COVID-19 era, this form of high-volume virtual clinic has the potential to review patients efficiently and safely | ||
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