Telemedicine integration into the eye health ecosystem in scaling of effective refractive error coverage in Kenya.

ABSTRACT: This study explored the potential of telemedicine integration into the eye health ecosystem with an aim of scaling effective refractive error coverage in Kenya. This exploratory study was conducted telephonically and through online interviews with key opinion leaders, ophthalmologists, optometrists, ophthalmic clinical officers, optical technicians and beneficiaries of the optical technician's services in rural areas. A telemedicine workflow was developed and validated based on the comments from the key opinion leaders using the Delphi technique. Quantitative and qualitative data were analysed using SPSS and NVivo Software respectively. All of the key opinion leaders agreed that telemedicine is relevant in the eye health ecosystem and recognition of primary vision technicians is critical f

SUBMITTER: Muma S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11303391 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature