WASHINGTON — Telehealth became a necessity during the COVID-19 pandemic and is likely to continue to play an important role in glaucoma care in the future.
In his presentation at Glaucoma Day at the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery meeting, Jacob W. Brubaker, MD, said glaucoma is an ideal specialty for telehealth, particularly hybrid telehealth visits. But in 2019, he felt differently.
“Telehealth will never work in ophthalmology because we actually need to see our patients to be able to take care of them,” he quoted himself as saying then.
Brubaker said that