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Deadline extended: Submit comments on AOA policy statement on telemedicine in optometry
Open comment period extended for AOA Policy Statement on Telemedicine in Optometry. The policy statement is a standard-setting resource for health care providers, payers, policymakers and industry.
North Dakota secures telemedicine provisions, ignites grassroots advocacy
Pivotal new law establishes crucial safeguards and accountability for optometric telemedicine services but revitalizes grassroots engagement and strengthens the future of care in North Dakota along the way.
Keeping the 'medicine' in telemedicine
COVID-19 accelerated telemedicine’s years-long sprawl in health care, and now experts ponder whether telemedicine’s emergency expansion can be rolled back—or if it’s solidified its place in the new normal. This raises the question: Where’s the line between technology as a tool for patient care and corporate profit?
Telemedicine & Health Information Technology
The AOA's Health Policy Institute (HPI) is the source on issues regarding telemedicine and health information technology.
Leading the charge: AOA recommends care standard for telemedicine use amid rapid change
AOA Board of Trustees adopts recommendations from its Telehealth Council, which received input from leaders in eye health and vision care, technology, artificial and augmented intelligence and telemedicine platforms.
Managing expectations: Telemedicine’s next step
Out of the pandemic’s disruption came a new level of comfort with technology, redefining our routines. From shopping and entertainment to health care, Americans’ expectations are changing—and industries are adapting. Telemedicine is at a pivotal moment. So how do providers meet patients’ expectations with sound, quality care?
How the updated position statement can help guide telemedicine in optometry
With fresh insight from clinicians, policy experts and industry leaders on new technologies and AI, optometry’s visionary plan to advance quality care and safeguard doctor-patient decision-making is taking hold.
AOA spearheads conditions for evolution of telemedicine technology
AOA Board of Trustees adopts Oct. 16 recommendations of its Telehealth Council, which consulted leaders in the technology platform, artificial intelligence, and eye health and vision care in a nearly yearlong reimagination of the 2017 AOA policy.
Ethically incorporating telehealth/telemedicine services into your practice
In states that permit online refractions, are there ethical considerations to the interaction of doctors of optometry with telehealth/telemedicine technology? How can doctors of optometry ethically incorporate its use into their practices to benefit patients?
Guide to Telehealth-Based Care
This guide is intended to assist doctors of optometry who may need to quickly expand the provision of telehealth-based care during the current COVID-19 public health emergency.
