Digital Transformation in Ophthalmic Clinical Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic
| Autor: | Nick Stanojcic, Louisa Wickham, Ji-Peng Olivia Li, Swan Kang, Soyang Ella Kim, Abison Logeswaran, Peter B M Thomas |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
Technology
Telemedicine Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) SARS-CoV-2 business.industry Digital transformation COVID-19 General Medicine medicine.disease Triage Patient management Clinical Practice Ophthalmology Artificial Intelligence Pandemic medicine Humans Medical emergency Clinical care business Pandemics |
| Zdroj: | Asia-Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology. 10:381-387 |
| ISSN: | 2162-0989 |
| DOI: | 10.1097/apo.0000000000000407 |
| Popis: | COVID-19 has placed unprecedented pressure on health systems globally, whereas simultaneously stimulating unprecedented levels of transformation. Here, we review digital adoption that has taken place during the pandemic to drive improvements in ophthalmic clinical care, with a specific focus on out-of-hospital triage and services, clinical assessment, patient management, and use of electronic health records. We show that although there have been some successes, shortcomings in technology infrastructure prepandemic became only more apparent and consequential as COVID-19 progressed. Through our review, we emphasize the need for clinicians to better grasp and harness key technology trends such as telecommunications and artificial intelligence, so that they can effectively and safely shape clinical practice using these tools going forward. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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