Implementation of medical retina virtual clinics in a tertiary eye care referral centre

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 102, Issue 10, 2018, Pages 1391-1395

  Kortuem, Karsten ^a,b   Fasler, Katrin ^a,c   Charnley, Amanda ^a   Khambati, Hussain ^a   Fasolo, Sandro ^a   Katz, Menachem ^a   Balaskas, Konstantinos ^a,d   Rajendram, Ranjan ^a,e   Hamilton, Robin ^a,e   Keane, Pearse A ^a,e   Sim, Dawn A ^a,e  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Imaging; Public health; Retina; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL OUTCOME; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENGLAND; EYE CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LOW RISK PATIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RETINA VIRTUAL CLINICS; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; VISUAL ACUITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; EYE DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPHTHALMOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOLOGY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 85051596327     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2017-311494     Document Type: Article

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