Clinical Outcomes of a Hospital-Based Teleophthalmology Service: What Happens to Patients in a Virtual Clinic?

Ophthalmology Retina

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2019, Pages 422-428

  Kern, Christoph ^a,b   Kortuem, Karsten ^a,b   Hamilton, Robin ^a   Fasolo, Sandro ^a   Cai, Yijun ^a   Balaskas, Konstantinos ^a   Keane, Pearse ^a,c   Sim, Dawn ^a,c  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHORIORETINOPATHY; CHOROIDAL NEVUS; CLINICAL OUTCOME; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; EYE DISEASE; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FACE TO FACE SUPPORT GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL BASED TELEOPHTHALMOLOGY SERVICE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MACULAR TELANGIECTASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PATIENT ATTENDANCE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA VEIN OCCLUSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SICKLE CELL RETINOPATHY; TELECONSULTATION; TELEMEDICINE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VERY ELDERLY; VIRTUAL MEDICAL RETINA CLINIC; VITELLIFORM MACULAR DEGENERATION; YOUNG ADULT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MALE; OPHTHALMOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OPHTHALMOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85069487774     PISSN: None     EISSN: 24686530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oret.2019.01.011     Document Type: Article

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