Ophthalmology Practice During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic: The University of Pittsburgh Experience in Promoting Clinic Safety and Embracing Video Visits

The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic has led to widespread change as public health strategies for containment have emphasized social distancing and remaining at home. These policies have led to downscaled clinic volumes, cancellation of elective procedures, enhanced personal protective strategies i...

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Autores principales: Williams, Andrew M., Kalra, Gagan, Commiskey, Patrick W., Bowers, Eve M. R., Rudolph, Brian R., Pitcher, Mary D., Dansingani, Kunal K., Jhanji, Vishal, Nischal, Ken K., Sahel, José-Alain, Waxman, Evan L., Fu, Roxana
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7201393/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32377502
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40123-020-00255-9
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author Williams, Andrew M.
Kalra, Gagan
Commiskey, Patrick W.
Bowers, Eve M. R.
Rudolph, Brian R.
Pitcher, Mary D.
Dansingani, Kunal K.
Jhanji, Vishal
Nischal, Ken K.
Sahel, José-Alain
Waxman, Evan L.
Fu, Roxana
author_facet Williams, Andrew M.
Kalra, Gagan
Commiskey, Patrick W.
Bowers, Eve M. R.
Rudolph, Brian R.
Pitcher, Mary D.
Dansingani, Kunal K.
Jhanji, Vishal
Nischal, Ken K.
Sahel, José-Alain
Waxman, Evan L.
Fu, Roxana
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description The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic has led to widespread change as public health strategies for containment have emphasized social distancing and remaining at home. These policies have led to downscaled clinic volumes, cancellation of elective procedures, enhanced personal protective strategies in the clinic, and adoption of telemedicine encounters. We describe the evidence-based practical approach taken in our ophthalmology department to continue delivering eye care during the pandemic by rescheduling visits, enhancing clinic safety, and adopting virtual video encounters.
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spelling pubmed-72013932020-05-06 Ophthalmology Practice During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic: The University of Pittsburgh Experience in Promoting Clinic Safety and Embracing Video Visits Williams, Andrew M. Kalra, Gagan Commiskey, Patrick W. Bowers, Eve M. R. Rudolph, Brian R. Pitcher, Mary D. Dansingani, Kunal K. Jhanji, Vishal Nischal, Ken K. Sahel, José-Alain Waxman, Evan L. Fu, Roxana Ophthalmol Ther Commentary The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic has led to widespread change as public health strategies for containment have emphasized social distancing and remaining at home. These policies have led to downscaled clinic volumes, cancellation of elective procedures, enhanced personal protective strategies in the clinic, and adoption of telemedicine encounters. We describe the evidence-based practical approach taken in our ophthalmology department to continue delivering eye care during the pandemic by rescheduling visits, enhancing clinic safety, and adopting virtual video encounters. Springer Healthcare 2020-05-06 2020-09 /pmc/articles/PMC7201393/ /pubmed/32377502 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40123-020-00255-9 Text en © The Author(s) 2020 This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License, which permits any non-commercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visithttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.
spellingShingle Commentary
Williams, Andrew M.
Kalra, Gagan
Commiskey, Patrick W.
Bowers, Eve M. R.
Rudolph, Brian R.
Pitcher, Mary D.
Dansingani, Kunal K.
Jhanji, Vishal
Nischal, Ken K.
Sahel, José-Alain
Waxman, Evan L.
Fu, Roxana
Ophthalmology Practice During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic: The University of Pittsburgh Experience in Promoting Clinic Safety and Embracing Video Visits
title Ophthalmology Practice During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic: The University of Pittsburgh Experience in Promoting Clinic Safety and Embracing Video Visits
title_full Ophthalmology Practice During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic: The University of Pittsburgh Experience in Promoting Clinic Safety and Embracing Video Visits
title_fullStr Ophthalmology Practice During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic: The University of Pittsburgh Experience in Promoting Clinic Safety and Embracing Video Visits
title_full_unstemmed Ophthalmology Practice During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic: The University of Pittsburgh Experience in Promoting Clinic Safety and Embracing Video Visits
title_short Ophthalmology Practice During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic: The University of Pittsburgh Experience in Promoting Clinic Safety and Embracing Video Visits
title_sort ophthalmology practice during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic: the university of pittsburgh experience in promoting clinic safety and embracing video visits
topic Commentary
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7201393/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32377502
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40123-020-00255-9
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