The use of telemedicine to support Brazilian primary care physicians in managing eye conditions: The TeleOftalmo Project.
Aline Lutz de AraujoTais de Campos MoreiraDimitris Rucks Varvaki RadosPaula Blasco GrossCynthia Goulart Molina-BastosNatan KatzLisiane HauserRodolfo Souza da SilvaSabrina Dalbosco GadenzRafael Gustavo Dal MoroFelipe Cezar CabralLucas MatturroCassia Garcia Moraes PaganoAmanda Gomes FariaMaicon FalavignaAna Célia da Silva SiqueiraPaulo SchorMarcelo Rodrigues GonçalvesRoberto Nunes UmpierreErno HarzheimPublished in: PloS one (2020)
With telemedicine support, primary care physicians solved over two-thirds of patients' eye or vision complaints. Refractive errors had high case resolution rates, thus having a great impact on reducing the number of referrals to specialty care. Teleophthalmology adoption in primary-care settings as part of the workup of patients with eye or vision complaints promotes a more effective use of specialty centers and will hopefully reduce waiting times for specialty referral.
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