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. 2021 Oct;128(10):1483-1485.
doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2021.02.010. Epub 2021 Feb 10.

COVID-19 and Use of Teleophthalmology (CUT Group): Trends and Diagnoses

David S Portney  1 , Ziwei Zhu  2 , Evan M Chen  3 , Emma Steppe  2 , Priyanka Chilakamarri  4 , Maria A Woodward  5 , Chad Ellimoottil  6 , Ravi Parikh  7
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COVID-19 and Use of Teleophthalmology (CUT Group): Trends and Diagnoses

David S Portney et al. Ophthalmology. 2021 Oct.
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; Telehealth; Teleophthalmology; Video visits.

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Line graph showing weekly ophthalmology visits by total visits and telehealth visits from September 1, 2019, through September 1, 2020. Over the course of the full period, telehealth accounted for 0.58% of total ophthalmic visits: 0.04% from September 1, 2019, through March 15, 2020, and 1.6% from March 24, 2020, through September 1, 2020. Total telehealth use peaked from March 29, 2020, through May 23, 2020. The minimum number of total ophthalmology visits occurred from March 29, 2020, through April 11, 2020. At its peak, telehealth accounted for 17.0% of total ophthalmology visits.
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