Design, implementation, and evaluation of a nurse-led intravitreal injection programme for retinal diseases in Singapore.
Alvin Wei Jun TeoTyler Hyungtaek RimChee Wai WongAndrew Shih Hsiang TsaiNazurah LohThiyagarajan JayabaskarTien Yin WongChui Ming Gemmy CheungIan Yew San YeoPublished in: Eye (London, England) (2020)
With a well-designed training programme, NL-IVT is a safe, acceptable, and cost savings procedure. With increasing demand for IVT, NL-IVT provides an alternative model of care for healthcare systems globally.
Keyphrases
- healthcare
- diabetic retinopathy
- primary care
- study protocol
- quality improvement
- optical coherence tomography
- vascular endothelial growth factor
- minimally invasive
- randomized controlled trial
- clinical trial
- affordable care act
- health information
- chronic pain
- optic nerve
- pain management
- endothelial cells
- health insurance