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cord-311000-abntwzuy	Sommer, Adir C.	Telemedicine in ophthalmology in view of the emerging COVID-19 outbreak	2020-08-19		.txt	text/plain	7063	326	36	Patients suffering from known chronic ocular conditions such as diabetic retinopathy (DR), age-related macular degeneration (AMD), and glaucoma, who require routine ambulatory screening and monitoring under slit lamp examination, as well as patients undergoing monthly anti-VEGF injections, requiring regular follow-up appointments and auxiliary tests, be it a visual field or an optical coherence tomography (OCT) scan, are at significant risk of being lost to follow-up. A nonrandomized study of 159 patients showed how remote diagnosis via digital fundus photography and non-dilated OCT managed to achieve higher diagnostic accuracy in identifying referable AMD cases when compared with an in-person dilated eye examination performed by a retinal specialist. AI utilization in telemedicine, particularly in ophthalmology-a field that relies heavily on digital photography and imaging-has the potential to facilitate screening, diagnosis, and monitoring of various eye diseases in primary care and community settings and reduce unnecessary crowding in ambulatory health centers [84, 85] .	./cache/cord-311000-abntwzuy.txt	./txt/cord-311000-abntwzuy.txt