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Saudi J Ophthalmol
January 2024
Vitreous Retina Macula Specialists of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
This review critically assesses the applicability of retinal periphery imaging technology, scrutinizing its practical limitations and potential advancements within ophthalmology. It underscores the significant costs and the need to evaluate the clinical utility of optical coherence tomography (OCT) and OCT angiography devices. It emphasizes how clinicians should consider their practice-specific use-cases while investing in devices with capabilities like ultra-widefield OCT, autofluorescence imaging, and angiography.
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October 2024
Department of Family Medicine, Meuhedet Health Services, Tel Aviv, Israel.
After-hours telemedicine services for emergency care are thought to offer a solution for patients who live at a distance from traditional face-to-face emergency services. This study evaluates such a service in a Health Maintenance Organization, focusing on the differences between central and peripheral populations. In this cross-sectional database study, we collected data regarding the encounter and patient characteristics, including prescriptions, referrals for further evaluation in a traditional emergency department (ED), and the distance from a traditional ED.
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February 2024
Health Division, Maccabi Healthcare Services, Tel Aviv 6812509, Israel.
Post-COVID-19 has been recognized as possibly affecting millions of people worldwide. In order to optimize care and ensure equality, we established a multidisciplinary virtual Post-COVID-19 clinic (VPCC) within Maccabi Healthcare Services, the second largest HMO in Israel. This study aims to describe the structure, process and patient satisfaction with this clinic.
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October 2022
Branch of Planning and Strategy, Clalit Health Services, Tel Aviv 6209804, Israel.
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic generated an extraordinary need for telemedicine.
Objective: To identify the factors and multi-way interactions associated with telemedicine use in primary healthcare during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Methods: This population-based study included all members (2,722,773) aged ≥18 years of the largest healthcare organization in Israel who used primary care clinic services between 1 March 2020 and 31 December 2021.
J Med Internet Res
October 2022
The Azrieli Faculty of Medicine, Bar-Ilan University, Safed, Israel.
Background: The prevalence of women diagnosed with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is increasing dramatically. Mobile technologies to enhance patient self-management offer many advantages for women diagnosed with GDM. However, to our knowledge, although mobile health (mHealth) and telemedicine systems for GDM management exist, evidence on their cultural and digital health literacy appropriateness levels is limited.
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