Короткий опис (реферат):
Background: Making the tertiary management of eye diseases improved and
widely available for all social groups in all parts of Ukraine is a pressing
challenge for not only the Ministry of Health, but also for the state.
Purpose: To provide scientific and theoretical assessment of establishing a new
branch of ophthalmology, cyber-ophthalmology.
Results: We demonstrated that the studied issue is relevant and important in the
light of developments in tele- and cyber-medicine, expansion of application of
information technologies to and introduction of artificial intelligence in medicine
and in particular in ophthalmology.
Conclusion: Cyber-ophthalmology is becoming reality and a systematically
important branch of ophthalmology. Research in and developments of this branch
are essential for providing tertiary eye disease management and improved
disease treatment efficacy for all social groups.