Post COVID glaucoma service redesign utilising electronic patient triage and community optometry clinics (Fife, Scotland 2020—2022)
Glaucoma patients in Scotland can be appropriately triaged to glaucoma accredited community optometry clinics. This frees capacity within hospital to see patients with moderate and severe disease in a timely fashion, for best visual outcomes.
Authors
- Roshini Sanders
- Niharika Nalagatla (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5647-8749)
- David Cummins
- Kelvin Cheng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5618-082X)
- Alan Ramsay
- D. Preston
- Caroline Styles (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6515-1032)
- Andrew Blaikie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7913-6872)
- Bhavani Karri
- Sana Parveen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2382-1066)
- Peter J. Wilson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3464-9727)
- Colin Ferrier
- Scott B. Halstead (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7818-348X)
- Matthew L. Boulton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0565-9010)
- Lisa Wong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9051-2090)
- Gavin Galloway
- D. J. Chinn
- Glaucoma Team
- Elizabeth Embrey
Institutions
- University of St Andrews (GB)
- NHS Fife (GB)
- Queen Margaret Hospital (GB)
- College of Optometrists (GB)
- University of Edinburgh (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Ophthalmology
- Published
- 2025-01-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12886-025-03882-7
- Primary Topic
- Glaucoma and retinal disorders
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00