Introduction:
- Traditionally, many healthcare providers have strayed away from using technology such as remote desktop software to remotely assess patients.
- As stated in our previous article, there are ethical considerations to abstain from technology like remote computer software use in a consulting room and one must consult the relevant professional, legal and ethical guidance from the appropriate organizations.
- In these unprecedented times, with the risks associated with the COVID 19 pandemic, a novel approach to develop a safe way for Optometrists, Ophthalmologists and other health care practitioners to remotely evaluate a patient’s visual fields needs to be
- considered, explored, discussed and further developed.
- The ideas presented in this paper are purely theoretical and only to facilitate further discussion. Email Michael Mandel:
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - Since publication Michael Mandel is now BOptom (Hons) MCOptom
- Article publication sponsored by Rose Opticians with practices in Gants Hill, Hackney and Harlow.
