Faes, Livia; Maloca, Peter M; Hatz, Katja; Wolfensberger, Thomas J; Munk, Marion R; Sim, Dawn A; Bachmann, Lucas M; Schmid, Martin K (2023). Transforming ophthalmology in the digital century-new care models with added value for patients. Eye, 37(11), pp. 2172-2175. Nature Publishing Group 10.1038/s41433-022-02313-x
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Ophthalmology faces many challenges in providing effective and meaningful eye care to an ever-increasing group of people. Even health systems that have so far been able to cope with the quantitative patient increase, due to their funding and the availability of highly qualified professionals, and improvements in practice routine efficiency, will be pushed to their limits. Further pressure on care will also be caused by new active substances for the largest group of patients with AMD, the so-called dry form. Treatment availability for this so far untreated group will increase the volume of patients 2-3 times. Without the adaptation of the care structures, this quantitative and qualitative expansion in therapy will inevitably lead to an undersupply.There is increasing scientific evidence that significant efficiency gains in the care of chronic diseases can be achieved through better networking of stakeholders in the healthcare system and greater patient involvement. Digitalization can make an important contribution here. Many technological solutions have been developed in recent years and the time is now ready to exploit this potential. The exceptional setting during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has shown many that new technology is available safely, quickly, and effectively. The emergency has catalyzed innovation processes and shown for post-pandemic time after that we are equipped to tackle the challenges in ophthalmic healthcare - ultimately for the benefit of patients and society.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Review Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Head Organs and Neurology (DKNS) > Clinic of Ophthalmology |
UniBE Contributor: |
Munk, Marion |
Subjects: |
600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health |
ISSN: |
0950-222X |
Publisher: |
Nature Publishing Group |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Pubmed Import |
Date Deposited: |
05 Dec 2022 09:07 |
Last Modified: |
26 Jul 2023 00:12 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1038/s41433-022-02313-x |
PubMed ID: |
36460858 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.48350/175463 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/175463 |
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