Skip to main content
Have a personal or library account? Click to login
Glaucoma Community Care: Does Ongoing Shared Care Work? Cover

References

  1. Holtzer-Goor KM, van Vliet EJ, van Sprundel E, Plochg T, Koopmanschap MA, Klazinga NS, Lemij HG. Shared Care in Monitoring Stable Glaucoma Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial. J Glaucoma, 2016; 25(4): e392400. DOI: 10.1097/IJG.0000000000000335
  2. Foot B, MacEwen C. Surveillance of sight loss due to delay in ophthalmic treatment or review: frequency, cause and outcome. Eye, 2017; 31(5): 771775. DOI: 10.1038/eye.2017.1
  3. Baker H, Ratnarajan G, Harper RA, Edgar DF, Lawrenson JG. Effectiveness of UK optometric enhanced eye care services: a realist review of the literature. Ophthalmic Physiol Opt, 2016; 36(5): 54557. DOI: 10.1111/opo.12312
  4. Department of Health. Australia’s Future Health Workforce – Ophthalmology; 2018.
  5. Bellan L, Buske L. Ophthalmology human resource projections: are we heading for a crisis in the next 15 years? Can J Ophthalmol, 2007; 42(1): 348. DOI: 10.3129/can.j.ophthalmol.06-115
  6. Botha VE, Ah-Chan J, Taylor SK, Wang P. Collaborative glaucoma care. Clin Experiment Ophthalmol, 2015; 43(5): 4803. DOI: 10.1111/ceo.12479
  7. Botha VE, Taylor SK, Benefield J, Ah-Chan J. Approach to collaborative glaucoma care in New Zealand: An update. Clin Experiment Ophthalmol, 2019; 47(6): 798799. DOI: 10.1111/ceo.13485
  8. Chawla A, Patel I, Yuen C, Fenerty C. Patterns of adherence to NICE Glaucoma Guidance in two different service delivery models. Eye, 2012; 26: 1412. DOI: 10.1038/eye.2012.171
  9. Gray SF, Spry PG, Brookes ST, Peters TJ, Spencer IC, Baker IA, Sparrow JM, Easty DL. The Bristol shared care glaucoma study: outcome at follow up at 2 years. Br J Ophthalmol, 2000; 84(5): 45663. DOI: 10.1136/bjo.84.5.456
  10. Huang J, Hennessy MP, Kalloniatis M, Zangerl B. Implementing collaborative care for glaucoma patients and suspects in Australia. Clin Exp Ophthalmol, 2018; 46(7): 826828. DOI: 10.1111/ceo.13187
  11. Mandalos A, Bourne R, French K, Newsom W, Chang L. Shared care of patients with ocular hypertension in the Community and Hospital Allied Network Glaucoma Evaluation Scheme (CHANGES). Eye, 2012; 26(4): 5647. DOI: 10.1038/eye.2011.350
  12. Vernon SA, Adair A. Shared care in glaucoma: a national study of secondary care lead schemes in England. Eye, 2010; 24(2): 2659. DOI: 10.1038/eye.2009.118
  13. Ford BK, Angell B, Liew G, White AJR, Keay LJ. Improving Patient Access and Reducing Costs for Glaucoma with Integrated Hospital and Community Care: A Case Study from Australia. Int J Integr Care, 2019; 19(4): 5. DOI: 10.5334/ijic.4642
  14. Optometry Board of Australia. Guidelines for use of scheduled medicines. 2018.
  15. Ho S, Vernon SA. Decision making in chronic glaucoma—optometrists vs ophthalmologists in a shared care service. Ophthalmic Physiol Opt, 2011; 31(2): 16873. DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-1313.2010.00813.x
  16. Azuara-Blanco A, Burr J, Thomas R, Maclennan G, McPherson S. The accuracy of accredited glaucoma optometrists in the diagnosis and treatment recommendation for glaucoma. Br J Ophthalmol, 2007; 91(12): 163943. DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2007.119628
  17. Banes MJ, Culham LE, Bunce C, Xing W, Viswanathan A, Garway-Heath D. Agreement between optometrists and ophthalmologists on clinical management decisions for patients with glaucoma. Br J Ophthalmol, 2006; 90(5): 57985. DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2005.082388
  18. Marks JR, Harding AK, Harper RA, Williams E, Haque S, Spencer AF, Fenerty C. Agreement between specially trained and accredited optometrists and glaucoma specialist consultant ophthalmologists in their management of glaucoma patients. Eye, 2012; 26(6): 85361. DOI: 10.1038/eye.2012.58
  19. RANZCO. Guidelines for Collaborative Care of Glaucoma Patients; April 2015.
  20. Jamous KF, Kalloniatis M, Hennessy MP, Agar A, Hayen A, Zangerl B. Clinical model assisting with the collaborative care of glaucoma patients and suspects. Clin Experiment Ophthalmol, 2015; 43(4): 30819. DOI: 10.1111/ceo.12466
  21. White A, Goldberg I. Australian and New Zealand Glaucoma Interest Group, Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists. Guidelines for the collaborative care of glaucoma patients and suspects by ophthalmologists and optometrists in Australia. Clin Experiment Ophthalmol, 2014; 42(2): 10717. DOI: 10.1111/ceo.12270
  22. Australian Government National Health and Medical Research Council. NHMRC Guidelines for the Screening, Prognosis, Diagnosis, Management and Prevention of Glaucoma. 2010.
  23. Ly A, Nivison-Smith L, Hennessy MP, Kalloniatis M. Collaborative care of non-urgent macular disease: a study of inter-optometric referrals. Ophthalmic Physiol Opt, 2016; 36(6): 632642. DOI: 10.1111/opo.12322
  24. Heijl A, Buchholz P, Norrgren G, Bengtsson B. Rates of visual field progression in clinical glaucoma care. Acta Ophthalmol, 2013; 91(5): 40612. DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2012.02492.x
  25. Winkler NS, Damento GM, Khanna SS, Hodge DO, Khanna CL. Analysis of a Physician-led, Team-based Care Model for the Treatment of Glaucoma. J Glaucoma, 2017; 26(8): 702707. DOI: 10.1097/IJG.0000000000000689
  26. Naiker U, FitzGerald G, Dulhunty JM, Rosemann M. Time to wait: a systematic review of strategies that affect out-patient waiting times. Aust Health Rev, 2018; 42(3): 286293. DOI: 10.1071/AH16275
  27. Zangerl B, Hayen A, Mitchell P, Jamous KF, Stapleton F, Kalloniatis M. Therapeutic endorsement enhances compliance with national glaucoma guidelines in Australian and New Zealand optometrists. Ophthalmic Physiol Opt, 2015; 35(2): 21224. DOI: 10.1111/opo.12197
  28. Barrett C, O’Brien C, Butler JS, Loughman J. Barriers to glaucoma case finding as perceived by optometrists in Ireland. Clin Exp Optom, 2018; 101(1): 9099. DOI: 10.1111/cxo.12573
  29. Nari J, Allen LH, Bursztyn L. Accuracy of referral diagnosis to an emergency eye clinic. Can J Ophthalmol, 2017; 52(3): 283286. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjo.2016.12.011
  30. Optometrists Association Australia. Annual Report 2011–2012.
  31. Optometry Board of Australia. 2014 revised Guidelines for use of scheduled medicines. 2015.
  32. Kotecha A, Brookes J, Foster PJ. A technician-delivered ‘virtual clinic’ for triaging low-risk glaucoma referrals. Eye; 2017. DOI: 10.1038/eye.2017.9
  33. Trikha S, Macgregor C, Jeffery M, Kirwan J. The Portsmouth-based glaucoma refinement scheme: a role for virtual clinics in the future? Eye, 2012; 26(10): 128894. DOI: 10.1038/eye.2012.120
  34. Kotecha A, Baldwin A, Brookes J, Foster PJ. Experiences with developing and implementing a virtual clinic for glaucoma care in an NHS setting. Clin Ophthalmol, 2015; 9: 191523. DOI: 10.2147/OPTH.S92409
  35. Jones L, Bryan SR, Miranda MA, Crabb DP, Kotecha A. Example of monitoring measurements in a virtual eye clinic using ‘big data’. Br J Ophthalmol, 2018; 102(7): 911. DOI: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2017-310440
  36. Toteberg-Harms M, Berlin MS, Meier-Gibbons F. Increasing healthcare costs: can we influence the costs of glaucoma care? Curr Opin Ophthalmol, 2017; 28(2): 127132. DOI: 10.1097/ICU.0000000000000343
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/ijic.5470 | Journal eISSN: 1568-4156
Language: English
Submitted on: Dec 17, 2019
Accepted on: Jul 15, 2020
Published on: Aug 7, 2020
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2020 Angelica Ly, Elizabeth Wong, Jessie Huang, Michael Yapp, Katherine Masselos, Michael Hennessy, Michael Kalloniatis, Barbara Zangerl, published by Ubiquity Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.