Improved access and cycle time with an "In-house" patient-centered teleglaucoma program versus traditional in-person assessment

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 439-445

  Arora, Sourabh ^a   Rudnisky, Chris J ^a   Damji, Karim F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ROYAL ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

clinical efficiency; ophthalmology; patient access; teleglaucoma; telehealth

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL COMPUTING;

ACCESS TO CARE; CLINICAL EFFICIENCY; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; MEAN PERCENTAGE; OPEN-ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PATIENT ACCESS; TELEGLAUCOMA; TELEHEALTH;

OPHTHALMOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OPHTHALMOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TELEMEDICINE; TIME; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALBERTA; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TELEMEDICINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84900000258     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2013.0241     Document Type: Article

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