Thoughts on TeleHealth in EyeCare

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?

I have also posted a new episode of my podcast Talking About Glaucoma! In episode #33 I talk with my colleague and most frequent guest Gus DeMoraes about the origin of the 24-2C Visual Field testing strategy. Listen to this episode on:

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I am a Vancouver BC, based Glaucoma and anterior segment surgeon, tech geek, sometimes blogger, EMR and HealthIT expert. I can usually be found at my office https://WestCoastGlaucoma.com. You can also follow me at https://instagram.com/westcoastglaucoma and subscribe to my YouTube channel at https://youtube.com/robschertzer