Covid-19 has led to a sudden increase in the use of Telehealth to help us care for our patients. Many of my GP colleagues have switched to doing the majority of their patient care via Telehealth, whether that is Zoom for healthcare, some other video conferencing platform or the phone. But is there a role for TH directly with our patients in Ophthalmology?
Read MoreI have been working as an advisor to the Physician Information Technology Office (PITO) on a committee of Ophthalmologists to provide input on what we need to see as mandated minimum requirements in Electronic Medical Record systems. This past week, our discussion focused on how best to access images.
Read MoreI started this site in 2009 to write about Glaucoma, Health IT (EMR, EHR), Technology and to host my podcast series "Talking About Glaucoma." There is a shortcut to this blog to make it easier to find http://iguy.tv/blog.
I am a glaucoma sub-specialized Ophthalmologist and have a full time clinical practice at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic of the Geisel School of Medicine in Hanover, NH. I have a longtime interest in the use of technology to help in medical care as well as in Education. In addition, I was a very early adopter and developer of Electronic Medical Record systems who has lectured internationally on the topic of making the transition to EMRs in daily practice.
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