Abstract
Due to safety concerns to health care workers and the patients alike, hospitals are have been in a desperate search for medical supplies and physicians in the face of overloaded hospitals. The need for social distancing to safeguard the health care personnel and patients have warranted new tools for running an ophthalmic clinic. Before the implementation of social distancing measures, most patients were ignorant of a telemedicine option in clinical visits. Also, leading telehealth platforms have reported a tremendous increase in virtual patient visits. This rise has been proportional to the regional impacts brought by coronavirus infection. In this review article, we tried to highlight the challenges faced by healthcare providers and patients in the ophthalmology clinic.
Highlights
The COVID-19 pandemic has had an enormous impact on all specialty clinics including ophthalmology practices globally
We did search on PubMed, Medline database publications using: COVID19, Ophthalmology clinic, telemedicine clinic
After history taking, visual acuity measurement is an important component of evaluation which can be handled by supporting staff, nurses, or technicians by utilization of Amsler grids, printed chart, or with help of a specially designed mobile app
Summary
The COVID-19 pandemic has had an enormous impact on all specialty clinics including ophthalmology practices globally This pandemic and the resultant social distancing policies have put immense pressure on the world’s economy, governments’ functioning, and health care services delivery. Patients are searching for social distance based digital health care options, manifested by the recent increase in its demand reported by various telehealth companies [11,12,13,14]. Leading telehealth platforms have reported a tremendous increase in virtual patient visits. This rise has been proportional to the regional impacts brought by coronavirus infection [13,14,15,16]. We tried to spotlight the challenges faced by healthcare providers and patients in the ophthalmology clinic
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