Optometric use of a teleophthalmology service in rural Western Australia: comparison of two prospective audits.

CONCLUSIONS: Optometrists used the telehealth service more frequently after the implementation of an intervention that addressed the barriers to its use. This has a number of potential benefits to rural and remote ocular health service provision in Australia.
PMID: 26956453 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Rural Remote Health - March 9, 2016 Category: Rural Health Authors: O'Day R, Smith C, Muir J, Turner A Tags: Clin Exp Optom Source Type: research