Ocular

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

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

Practice Guidelines for Ocular Telehealth-Diabetic Retinopathy, Third Edition

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.

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Refractive Ocular Telehealth: Refraction and Vision Acuity Testing

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.

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Telehealth Resources for Eye Care During COVID-19

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.

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