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cord-304255-7xs9cit7	Parrish, Richard K.	What Does Telemedicine Mean for the Care of Patients With Glaucoma in the Age of COVID-19?	2020-08-13		.txt	text/plain	899	58	53	sure to COVID-19 by minimizing patient travel and direct contact, ophthalmologists are struggling with how to use telemedicine for glaucoma care most effectively. The National Eye Institute opined, ''Glaucoma is sometimes called the 'silent thief of sight' because it slowly damages the eye and can cause irreparable harm before there is any vision loss.'' 6 So how can we use telemedicine to access critical data in patients who are not usually bothered by their disease? Until we have valid telemedicine methods to measure intraocular pressures and visual fields that meet HIPAA and federal guidelines for Protected Health Information, ophthalmologists will need to continue interacting face to face with our patients. 7 Technologies may be improving our ability to care for glaucoma patients; however, ''laying on of hands'' will not likely be replaced by ''laying on of digital images'' in the immediate future without better tools, better access, and guaranteed benefit for all patients.	./cache/cord-304255-7xs9cit7.txt	./txt/cord-304255-7xs9cit7.txt