Research Article
Impact of Implementing Teleophthalmology Referral Guidelines Using the eyeSmart EMR App in 63,703 Patients from India
Table 3
Comparative description of ocular diagnosis referral before and after the implementation of specific teleophthalmology referral guidelines.
| Ocular diagnosis | Before | After | value | | % | | % |
| Allergic eye disease | 2076 | 4.15% | 800 | 5.84% | <0.00001 | Bitot spots | 53 | 0.11% | 17 | 0.12% | 0.572284 | Blepharitis | 231 | 0.46% | 63 | 0.46% | 0.972703 | Cataract | 10586 | 21.17% | 1114 | 8.13% | <0.00001 | Chalazion | 386 | 0.77% | 119 | 0.87% | 0.263399 | Coloboma | 30 | 0.06% | 6 | 0.04% | 0.479456 | Conjunctival abrasion | 341 | 0.68% | 23 | 0.17% | <0.00001 | Corneal abrasion | 312 | 0.62% | 62 | 0.45% | 0.020548 | Corneal epithelial defect | 2221 | 4.44% | 758 | 5.53% | <0.00001 | Corneal foreign body | 1093 | 2.19% | 289 | 2.11% | 0.59175 | Corneal scar | 1302 | 2.60% | 330 | 2.41% | 0.210135 | Corneal ulcer | 503 | 1.01% | 136 | 0.99% | 0.889236 | Descemet membrane folds | 16 | 0.03% | 5 | 0.04% | 0.797699 | Episcleritis | 22 | 0.04% | 10 | 0.07% | 0.180128 | Glaucoma suspect | 49 | 0.10% | 12 | 0.09% | 0.726844 | Headache | 513 | 1.03% | 195 | 1.42% | 0.000104 | Meibomitis | 307 | 0.61% | 78 | 0.57% | 0.551393 | Ocular pain | 470 | 0.94% | 180 | 1.31% | 0.000138 | Posterior subcapsular opacification | 262 | 0.52% | 32 | 0.23% | <0.00001 | Pinguecula | 507 | 1.01% | 140 | 1.02% | 0.937374 | Pterygium | 3569 | 7.14% | 732 | 5.34% | <0.00001 | Ptosis | 43 | 0.09% | 10 | 0.07% | 0.639735 | Pupillary abnormality | 60 | 0.12% | 13 | 0.09% | 0.441594 | Query | 3410 | 6.82% | 968 | 7.06% | 0.350478 | Raised IOP | 32 | 0.06% | 10 | 0.07% | 0.717026 | Red eye | 16693 | 33.39% | 6252 | 45.63% | <0.00001 | Shallow anterior chamber | 30 | 0.06% | 9 | 0.07% | 0.811915 | Spheroidal degeneration | 121 | 0.24% | 21 | 0.15% | 0.051442 | Superficial punctate keratitis | 236 | 0.47% | 84 | 0.61% | 0.039661 | Strabismus | 37 | 0.07% | 4 | 0.03% | 0.06704 | Stye | 1274 | 2.55% | 406 | 2.96% | 0.009 | Subconjunctival haemorrhage | 1403 | 2.81% | 414 | 3.02% | 0.192758 | Suspect retinal problem | 297 | 0.59% | 47 | 0.34% | 0.000407 | Trauma | 1470 | 2.94% | 350 | 2.55% | 0.01946 | Uveitis | 45 | 0.09% | 14 | 0.10% | 0.678561 | Grand total | 50000 | 100.00% | 13703 | 100.00% | |
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