Research Article
Impact of Implementing Teleophthalmology Referral Guidelines Using the eyeSmart EMR App in 63,703 Patients from India
Table 1
Patients who were referred to the secondary centre for higher care through teleophthalmology (Category 2).
| Specialty | Before | After | 25723/50,000 | 84.98% | 4545/13,703 | 15.02% |
| Cornea & anterior segment | 13219 | 51.39% | 3053 | 67.17% | Cataract | 9911 | 38.53% | 923 | 20.31% | Trauma | 924 | 3.59% | 171 | 3.76% | Refractive error | 766 | 2.98% | 159 | 3.50% | Oculoplasty | 399 | 1.55% | 153 | 3.37% | Retina | 286 | 1.11% | 39 | 0.86% | Glaucoma | 102 | 0.40% | 27 | 0.59% | Neuroophthalmology | 46 | 0.18% | 10 | 0.22% | Uvea | 38 | 0.15% | 8 | 0.18% | Strabismus | 32 | 0.12% | 2 | 0.04% |
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