Ocular

1st Mondays, 12 pm EDT

68 Members




The Ocular Telehealth SIG (formally the International Consortium for Ocular Telehealth (ICOT) Chapter) promotes the development and advancement of the use of telemedicine in fields related to ophthalmology, optometry and optical engineering. Ocular Telehealth participants include individuals from academia, industry, government and healthcare with an interest in providing ocular care through telecommunications technology. The Ocular Telehealth SIG focuses on eye and adnexa issues, using the eye as a window to the health status of other related bodily systems.

Refractive Ocular Telehealth: Refraction and Vision Acuity Testing

Ocular Telehealth Assessments and Disease Monitoring: Part One

Ocular Telehealth Assessments and Disease Monitoring: Part Two

Appendix A: Published Peer-Reviewed Literature on Ocular Telehealth Programs

 











Leadership


Lauren Patty Daskivich, MD, MSHS
Co-Chair

Director, Ophthalmic Services and Eye Health Programs
Los Angeles County Department of Health Services

Los Angeles, CA



Wallace Lovejoy
Co-Chair

Principal

Lovejoy Eyecare Consulting, LLC

Cincinnati, OH



April Maa, MD
Immediate Past Chair

Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
Emory University

Atlanta, GA



Yao Liu, MD MS
Previous Chair

Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

Madison, WI





Community Resources

Recommendations for designing, implementing, and sustaining an ocular telehealth care program.  It specifically addresses current clinical, technical, and administrative issues that form the basis for evaluating Diabetic Retinopathy with telehealth services and technologies.




As the US faces ever-growing healthcare needs from an aging population alongside a limited supply of healthcare providers, we have an opportunity to leverage technology to ensure that people have access to care when and where they need it and expand the capacity of providers to care for more people.




The following resources may help eye care providers to rapidly transition to telehealth for providing vital eye care while reducing risks to patients and communities during COVID-19. Being flexible and creative allows providers to gain new skills in patient care while strengthening the patient-provider relationship.




The American Telemedicine Association (ATA) Ocular Telehealth Special Interest Group (Ocular SIG) issues the following two-part statement about remote ocular health assessments, telehealth disease monitoring, and the need for telehealth in the eye care arena. The first part addresses the elements needed to provide high quality remote eye exams, and the second part addresses the need for telehealth as a tool for eye care delivery.




The American Telemedicine Association (ATA) Ocular Telehealth Special Interest Group (Ocular SIG) issues the following two-part statement about remote ocular health assessments, telehealth disease monitoring, and the need for telehealth in the eye care arena. The first part addresses the elements needed to provide high quality remote eye exams, and the second part addresses the need for telehealth as a tool for eye care delivery.