The COVID-19 pandemic expanded the use of telemedicine, promoting wider access and continuity of care, including for people who live farther away from tertiary eye centers.
These innovative, inclusive modalities to reach out to patients should not be abandoned, according to Kanza Aziz and co-authors of a poster presented at Real World Ophthalmology.
In a study conducted at Massachusetts Eye and Ear, the number and characteristics of in-person vs. telemedical visits performed from January to December 2020 were identified. Residential zip codes were used to estimate the geographic location of