Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore National Eye Centre, Singapore.
Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Academic Clinical Program, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore.
Br J Ophthalmol. 2022 Apr;106(4):452-457. doi: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2020-317683. Epub 2021 Mar 22.
COVID-19 has led to massive disruptions in societal, economic and healthcare systems globally. While COVID-19 has sparked a surge and expansion of new digital business models in different industries, healthcare has been slower to adapt to digital solutions. The majority of ophthalmology clinical practices are still operating through a traditional model of 'brick-and-mortar' facilities and 'face-to-face' patient-physician interaction. In the current climate of COVID-19, there is a need to fuel implementation of digital health models for ophthalmology. In this article, we highlight the current limitations in traditional clinical models as we confront COVID-19, review the current lack of digital initiatives in ophthalmology sphere despite the presence of COVID-19, propose new digital models of care for ophthalmology and discuss potential barriers that need to be considered for sustainable transformation to take place.
新冠疫情在全球范围内导致社会、经济和医疗体系的大规模中断。虽然新冠疫情促使不同行业的新数字商业模式激增和扩张，但医疗行业适应数字解决方案的速度较慢。大多数眼科临床实践仍然通过传统的“实体”设施和“面对面”医患互动模式运作。在当前的新冠疫情环境下，需要推动眼科数字健康模式的实施。在本文中，我们强调了在应对新冠疫情时传统临床模式的当前局限性，回顾了尽管存在新冠疫情但眼科领域缺乏数字举措的现状，提出了眼科护理的新数字模式，并讨论了可持续转型需要考虑的潜在障碍。
