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The Use of Telehealth in Optometry: Present and Future Clinical Applications

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The use of Telehealth in the modern practice of optometry will benefit from the examination of its historical use by optometrists and other clinicians, as well as a careful, empathetic, scientific, and evidence-based look at problems of patient access, and lessons learned improving patient outcomes. This chapter will examine current and past optometric uses of telehealth (e.g., the management of retinal conditions such as diabetic retinopathy and age-related macular degeneration, glaucoma, and refractive error) as well as future clinical applications as they relate to advanced outcome support for improved medical outcomes. Although there has been a growth in the use of optometric telehealth, especially during the COVID-19 global pandemic, there is a need for more evidence-based studies supporting its use for both medical imaging and integration with refractive error supported by wavefront aberrometry.

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  1. State University of New York College of Optometry, New York, NY, USA

    Thomas A. Wong

  2. New England College of Optometry, Boston, MA, USA

    Gary Chu & Timothy Bossie

  3. Kaiser Permanente Southern California Permanente Medical Group, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Susy Yu

  4. University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA

    Delaram Shirazian

  5. Association of Regulatory Boards of Optometry (ARBO), Montreal, Canada

    Ken Lawenda

  6. SBC Service Area, Kaiser Permanente of Southern California, Fontana, CA, USA

    Munish Sharma

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    Leonard Goldschmidt

  3. Department of Optometry and Vision Science, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA

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Wong, T.A. et al. (2023). The Use of Telehealth in Optometry: Present and Future Clinical Applications. In: Yogesan, K., Goldschmidt, L., Cuadros, J., Ricur, G. (eds) Digital Eye Care and Teleophthalmology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-24052-2_5

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