so telemedicine eye exams are becoming a popular service so in this video I'm
checking in with dr. Denton from Salsbury eye care to share some tips for
you and how to have the most successful telehealth eye exam let's take a look
hello and welcome this is dr. Allen here from the dr eye health show helping you
learn all about the eyes and vision if you're new here the channel definitely
consider subscribing now today we're going to be talking about telehealth or
telemedicine eye exams now these have been around for some time in different
parts of the world but are just now becoming more popular here in the United
States as more eye clinics are starting to kind of adapt to this technology and
offer it as a way to reconnect with their patients as many eye clinics are
either still closed or just starting to reopen after this first wave of Qom in
nineteen now today we even have a special guest dr. Denton from Salsbury
eye care who is offering eye exams through telehealth and it's gonna be
really awesome to share some tips for you guys on how to do a telehealth eye
exam now my first tip for you is of course to call your eye clinic and see
if they have some sort of telehealth or telemedicine eye exam available now it
is kind of a newer technology and some clinics have certainly adopted to it
earlier but some clinics may be just starting to try to figure it out so if
as long as you call them first and see if they have it available then you're
all set otherwise some websites if you check out their website it may even say
hey check in with us so telehealth and there might be a little button there for
you now my second tip is to check with your insurance provider that they do
offer coverage for telehealth or telemedicine most providers in my
experience do have some sort of coverage for this sort of service however it's
still important to at least either check with them or at least have your
insurance information ready so that when you do check in with your doctor whether
that be at the eye clinic or you're checking in on online then at least you
have that information so they can verify it and see if there's any sort of issue
with your insurance but again thankfully at least from my experience most
insurance providers do cover this service my third tip is to understand
what a telehealth eye exam can really accomplish
for you versus having an eye exam in the eye clinic a telehealth exam from an eye
care professional is just unfortunately not going to be as comprehensive as what
you get in the clinic we just don't have all the equipment at your house to check
all of the parts of the eye health that we really look for during a full
examination if you are somebody who's having a red eye a pink eye you got
you're not sure what's going on maybe you have allergies you have symptoms on
the front surface of the eye maybe dry eyes these are all excellent things that
can oftentimes be evaluated just through a conversation with your eye care
provider through one of these telehealth exams your doctor can even access the
camera on your phone you can take high-definition pictures of the surface
of the eye and that can at least aid your doctor in making a diagnosis and
even prescribe treatment from this type of exam even if you're experiencing an
emergency like sudden vision loss these sort of examinations can at least give
you access to a trained physician that can it kind of triage hey is this
something that can be treated through a telemedicine or is it something that's
really important that you get into the clinic and be seen now so it is just an
increase and really increase access to care and so it's it's at least got that
crew benefit but again this awesomes this technology is unfortunately there's
a lot of parts of the exam that again can't be reproduced things like
prescribing glasses getting accurate fittings for contact lenses as well as
many other parts of the internal part of the eye exam such as checking for things
like diabetes glaucoma and other eye health issues but now let's check in
with dr. Denton from Salzburg I care and see what cut tip she has before you get
started for your first virtual telemedicine visit you might want to
consider where you're gonna do it in your house or even do it outside because
lighting is so important it's so hard for me to see especially details about
the eye if there's a lot of shadows in the room or if it's just a dark dark
room dark area so do consider you know getting in a room in your home
the window to the side or even in front of you so that it really can illuminate
the ocular area so I can do a better job seeing what's going on the second thing
to consider is potentially writing down just jot down on a notebook any
medication changes that you've had and any medical changes that you've had so
even something as small as a recent allergy is it could be important to your
care and there's other things that are big too like you know a diagnosis of
diabetes or high blood pressure all of that is relevant for us and so it's
helpful if you kind of have that organized before sitting down for your
visit the final thing to consider is you know just thinking about what pharmacy
you would want to use should we need to prescribe you any medication so again
you know give them a call beforehand if there's a pharmacy you're already
established with just jot that number down for us and we'll be able to call in
your medication seamlessly hey those are some some fantastic tips doctor Denton
thank you so much hey if you enjoy this video smash that like button formas and
drop a comment below if you've ever experienced or done an eye exam or even
just a regular visit with a family care provider through telehealth or
telemedicine I'd love to know your experience what was good what was bad
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