Virtual A&E safe

A review into Moorfields Eye Hospital’s virtual A&E service has declared it safe, effective and convenient when compared to an in-person triage.

Published in eClinicalMedicine, the study was led by researchers at the London hospital into the safety of a video-based A&E service, which has been used during Covid-19.

Dr Olivia Li, honorary digital fellow of the department of digital medicine at Moorfields Eye Hospital, said: ‘Telemedicine is not novel, but Covid-19 has pushed us into adopting it at such a large scale. We are delighted to be able to demonstrate that our online eye A&E is safe for our patients as this was our main priority and we look forward to further integrations of tech into our clinical practice in future.’