Diagnosis of premature retinopathy reduces the time of telemedicine

To properly diagnosed, retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), the leading cause of blindness among children in the United States and around the world, requires time and intensive coordination between physician and NICU staff. A recent study examining diagnostic ROP speed with indirect ophthalmoscopy against telemedicine, remote medical advice is in the July edition of the American Journal of Ophthalmology, published by Elsevier.

The study was designed to improve the speed of the ophthalmologist ROP diagnosis with the aid of television versus traditional bed ophthalmoscopy. The results show that: 1) the diagnosis of ROP ophthalmologist is much faster on telemedicine, and 2) there are a lot of time through the eyes of doctors in the context of ROP diagnosis at the bedside NICU on ophthalmoscopy. Above all, it's time for travel and communication with families and hospital staff.

Around this time the requirements for implementation of telemedicine for ROP management has the ability, for the time spent examining the eyes of doctors. Previous studies have shown that telemedicine diagnosis ROP is very accurate and reliable, compared with ophthalmoscopy, and future work is required to flow issues in detail.

According to the author executive Michael F. Chiang, MD, "has the potential of telemedicine to improve availability and accessibility of child care by reducing ROP geographical and logistical barriers. This study shows that effectiveness of care for ophthalmologists.

Given the increase in risk, has children in the United States and the world a better use of resources ophthalmology can to prevent cases of preventable childhood blindness.