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Telehealth in Optometry: A Comprehensive Guide with Questions and Answers, Exams of Advanced Education

A comprehensive overview of telehealth in optometry, covering its importance, applications, history, implementation barriers, legal considerations, ethical aspects, and future trends. It includes numerous questions and answers that can be used for study purposes, making it a valuable resource for students and professionals in the field.

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2024/2025

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OPT 219 TELEHEALTH IN OPTOMETRY WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS 100% VERIFIED!!
Why is telehealth important?
-breaking down barriers to care
-preventing vision loss
-improving quality of life
What percent of diabetic medicare patients received an eye exam in the past year?
54.1% (2017)
What percent of respondents in the 2020 AOA eye-Q survey has not had an eye exam in
the past two years?
58%
What are examples of barriers to care?
-access to quality care
-transportation
-resources
-perceived need
What is the role of telehealth?
helps eliminate some barrier to care; works well when utilized alongside in person care
to prevent vision loss
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OPT 219 TELEHEALTH IN OPTOMETRY WITH

CORRECT ANSWERS 100 % VERIFIED!!

Why is telehealth important? -breaking down barriers to care -preventing vision loss -improving quality of life

What percent of diabetic medicare patients received an eye exam in the past year? 54.1% (2017)

What percent of respondents in the 2020 AOA eye-Q survey has not had an eye exam in the past two years? 58%

What are examples of barriers to care? -access to quality care -transportation -resources -perceived need

What is the role of telehealth? helps eliminate some barrier to care; works well when utilized alongside in person care to prevent vision loss

T or F: all comprehensive eye telehealth modalities aim to remove barrier to accessibility while bridging the gap in service delivery bu reaching remote and underserved areas including reducing conventional travel time and expense for patients. True

What is telemedicine? designed to integrate telecommunications into diagnostic and therapeutic intervention. refers specifically to remote clinical services

What is telehealth? designed to integrate telecommunication systems into the practice of protecting and prompting health. Includes telemedicine and store and forward imaging, patient education, etc

What is meant by synchronous? either a clinic or home based telehealth visit where the patient and provider meet in real time via video conference, live chat, or telephone

What is meant by asynchronous? health information is acquired transmitted to a secure location, and reviewed by a distant provider at a different time

What is clinic based telehealth? a synchronous or asynchronous visit in a clinical setting with a clinical staff member/facilitatory supporting the visit

What is home based monitoring telehealth? the patient collects and/or submits information to a provider from home or a non clinic setting

What occurred in 1970s-1980s for telehealth history? NASA, STARPAHC

What occurred in 2005 for telehealth history? SUNDROP

What occurred in 2020 for telehealth history? SARS Cov-2 pandemic sees a surge in telehealth patient visits by 250-700% in different areas

T or F: Telehealth is healthcare's natural evolution into the digital age. True; not just another type of care. It can be a critical tool in advancing a well coordinated patient centered value optimized healthcare system

What is home monitoring? device used by patient, information transmitted to the doctor

What are video chat services? synchronous doctor/patient encounter via phone or computer

What are remote optometris lanes? synchronous doctor/patient encounter with access to additional equipment and more diagnostic tools

What are examples of ocular telehealth veteran's affairs progrmas? -tele-retina -technology based eye care services (TECS)

What is tele-retina? asynchronous service, modeled after the joslin vision netwok

What is TECS? asynchronous service; builds upon the well established tele-retinal program, while incorporation of mydriatic fundus photos, refraction etc

What are implementation barriers of synchronous telehealth? -maintaining high standard of care -platform for communication -limited ability to collect data; some EMR systems may not be compatible -internet access -information security

What are implementation barriers of asynchronous telehealth?

What goes into telehealth ethics? -quality of care -safety -patient education

What is coming for the future of telehealth? AI and machine learning (retinal imaging, OCT interpretation)

What is supervised learning? prediction of values, observation with labels

What is unsupervised learning? data organization, observations do not have labels

What is semi supervised learning? prediction of values, some of the data has labels

What is reinforcement learning? interaction with the environment (online open AI)

What is deep learning? uses multiple layers to progress, can be combined