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. 2020 Apr;26(4):551-555.
doi: 10.1089/tmj.2020.0009. Epub 2020 Mar 25.

Telemedicine for Glaucoma: Guidelines and Recommendations

Kenman Gan  1   2 , Yao Liu  3 , Brian Stagg  4 , Siddarth Rathi  5 , Louis R Pasquale  6 , Karim Damji  1
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Telemedicine for Glaucoma: Guidelines and Recommendations

Kenman Gan et al. Telemed J E Health. 2020 Apr.

Abstract

Background:Glaucoma is the leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide. Access to glaucoma specialists is challenging and likely to become more difficult as the population ages.Introduction:Using telemedicine for glaucoma (teleglaucoma) has the potential to increase access to glaucoma care by improving efficiency and decreasing the need for long-distance travel for patients.Results:Teleglaucoma programs can be used for screening, diagnostic consultation, and long-term treatment monitoring. Key components of teleglaucoma programs include patient history, equipment, intraocular pressure measurement, pachymetry, anterior chamber imaging/gonioscopy, fundus photography, retinal nerve fiber layer imaging, medical record and imaging software, and skilled personnel.Discussion:Teleglaucoma has tremendous potential to improve patient access to high-quality cost-effective glaucoma care.Conclusions:We have reviewed some special considerations needed to address the complexity of providing guideline-concordant glaucoma care.

Keywords: ophthalmology; telemedicine; teleophthalmology.

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Conflict of interest statement

K.G. is the Ophthalmology Director of Care 1 Inc.; L.R.P. is a consultant to Verily, Eyenovia, Bausch+Lomb, Nicox and Emerald Bioscience.

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