Tele-ophthalmology: Opportunities for improving diabetes eye care in resource- and specialist-limited Sub-Saharan African countries

Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 311-316

  Matimba, Alice ^a   Woodward, Richmond ^b   Tambo, Ernest ^c,d   Ramsay, Michele ^c,e   Gwanzura, Lovemore ^a   Guramatunhu, Solomon ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d Higher Institute of Public Health Sciences   (Cameroon)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^f Greenwood Park Eye Clinic   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Remote consultation; tele ophthalmology; telemedicine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE PHONE; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PROCEDURES; TELEMEDICINE; ZIMBABWE;

ADULT; AGED; CELL PHONES; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHOTOGRAPHY; TELEMEDICINE; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84977150774     PISSN: 1357633X     EISSN: 17581109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1357633X15604083     Document Type: Article

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