Revolutionizing Patient Monitoring in Age-Related Macular Degeneration: A Comparative Study on the Necessity and Efficiency of the AMD VIEWER
(1) Background: Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) is a critical condition leading to blindness, necessitating lifelong clinic visits for management, albeit with existing challenges in monitoring its long-term progression. This study introduced and assessed an innovative tool, the AMD long-term...
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| author | Hitoshi Tabuchi Tomofusa Yamauchi Toshihiko Nagasawa Hodaka Deguchi Mao Tanabe Hayato Tanaka Tsutomu Yasukawa |
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| description | (1) Background: Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) is a critical condition leading to blindness, necessitating lifelong clinic visits for management, albeit with existing challenges in monitoring its long-term progression. This study introduced and assessed an innovative tool, the AMD long-term Information Viewer (AMD VIEWER), designed to offer a comprehensive display of crucial medical data—including visual acuity, central retinal thickness, macular volume, vitreous injection treatment history, and Optical Coherent Tomography (OCT) images—across an individual eye’s entire treatment course. (2) Methods: By analyzing visit frequencies of patients with a history of invasive AMD treatment, a comparative examination between a Dropout group and an Active group underscored the clinical importance of regular visits, particularly highlighting better treatment outcomes and maintained visual acuity in the Active group. (3) Results: The efficiency of AMD VIEWER was proven by comparing it to manual data input by optometrists, showing significantly faster data display with no errors, unlike the time-consuming and error-prone manual entries. Furthermore, an elicited Net Promoter Score (NPS) of 70 from 10 ophthalmologists strongly endorsed AMD VIEWER’s practical utility. (4) Conclusions: This study underscores the importance of regular clinic visits for AMD patients. It suggests the AMD VIEWER as an effective tool for improving treatment data management and display. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ade19a4e58184acc8878f1aae7ee46992023-12-22T13:54:14ZengMDPI AGBioengineering2306-53542023-12-011012142610.3390/bioengineering10121426Revolutionizing Patient Monitoring in Age-Related Macular Degeneration: A Comparative Study on the Necessity and Efficiency of the AMD VIEWERHitoshi Tabuchi0Tomofusa Yamauchi1Toshihiko Nagasawa2Hodaka Deguchi3Mao Tanabe4Hayato Tanaka5Tsutomu Yasukawa6Department of Technology and Design Thinking for Medicine, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 734-0037, JapanDepartment of Ophthalmology, Tsukazaki Hospital, Himeji 671-1227, JapanDepartment of Ophthalmology, Tsukazaki Hospital, Himeji 671-1227, JapanDepartment of Ophthalmology, Tsukazaki Hospital, Himeji 671-1227, JapanDepartment of Ophthalmology, Tsukazaki Hospital, Himeji 671-1227, JapanDepartment of Ophthalmology, Tsukazaki Hospital, Himeji 671-1227, JapanDepartment of Ophthalmology, Nagoya City University, Nagoya 467-0001, Japan(1) Background: Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) is a critical condition leading to blindness, necessitating lifelong clinic visits for management, albeit with existing challenges in monitoring its long-term progression. This study introduced and assessed an innovative tool, the AMD long-term Information Viewer (AMD VIEWER), designed to offer a comprehensive display of crucial medical data—including visual acuity, central retinal thickness, macular volume, vitreous injection treatment history, and Optical Coherent Tomography (OCT) images—across an individual eye’s entire treatment course. (2) Methods: By analyzing visit frequencies of patients with a history of invasive AMD treatment, a comparative examination between a Dropout group and an Active group underscored the clinical importance of regular visits, particularly highlighting better treatment outcomes and maintained visual acuity in the Active group. (3) Results: The efficiency of AMD VIEWER was proven by comparing it to manual data input by optometrists, showing significantly faster data display with no errors, unlike the time-consuming and error-prone manual entries. Furthermore, an elicited Net Promoter Score (NPS) of 70 from 10 ophthalmologists strongly endorsed AMD VIEWER’s practical utility. (4) Conclusions: This study underscores the importance of regular clinic visits for AMD patients. It suggests the AMD VIEWER as an effective tool for improving treatment data management and display.https://www.mdpi.com/2306-5354/10/12/1426age-related macular degenerationelectronic medical recordinformation and communication technologymedical systemlong-term follow up |
| spellingShingle | Hitoshi Tabuchi Tomofusa Yamauchi Toshihiko Nagasawa Hodaka Deguchi Mao Tanabe Hayato Tanaka Tsutomu Yasukawa Revolutionizing Patient Monitoring in Age-Related Macular Degeneration: A Comparative Study on the Necessity and Efficiency of the AMD VIEWER Bioengineering age-related macular degeneration electronic medical record information and communication technology medical system long-term follow up |
| title | Revolutionizing Patient Monitoring in Age-Related Macular Degeneration: A Comparative Study on the Necessity and Efficiency of the AMD VIEWER |
| title_full | Revolutionizing Patient Monitoring in Age-Related Macular Degeneration: A Comparative Study on the Necessity and Efficiency of the AMD VIEWER |
| title_fullStr | Revolutionizing Patient Monitoring in Age-Related Macular Degeneration: A Comparative Study on the Necessity and Efficiency of the AMD VIEWER |
| title_full_unstemmed | Revolutionizing Patient Monitoring in Age-Related Macular Degeneration: A Comparative Study on the Necessity and Efficiency of the AMD VIEWER |
| title_short | Revolutionizing Patient Monitoring in Age-Related Macular Degeneration: A Comparative Study on the Necessity and Efficiency of the AMD VIEWER |
| title_sort | revolutionizing patient monitoring in age related macular degeneration a comparative study on the necessity and efficiency of the amd viewer |
| topic | age-related macular degeneration electronic medical record information and communication technology medical system long-term follow up |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2306-5354/10/12/1426 |
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