A recent study
reported at a Meeting of the American
Academy of Ophthalmology concluded that while eye health information they
found online can be helpful in informing patients with eye problems about
conditions, often these online symptom checkers do not arrive at the correct diagnosis
and actually provide the wrong recommendation on what to do, recommending
self-care at home instead of calling an eye doctor or going to the emergency
room. The study examining the diagnoses generated by
WebMD Symptom Checker showed the online
tool was correct only 26 percent of the time in making the right diagnosis
and recommendation. With the wide availability of telehealth eye visits even if
you are unable to get to an eye doctor’s office you would still have the
benefit of “real doctor” evaluation and discussion in evaluation and recommendations.
If you or someone you know needs information or urgent care please know we always have an eye doctor on call and are happy to assist or schedule a telehealth appointment. Call us at D’Ambrosio Eye Care at 800-325-3937, visit D’Ambrosio Eye Care, or Facebook so that we can help.
D'Ambrosio Eye Care provides eye care for patients throughout greater Boston, central and western Massachusetts with office locations at 479 Old Union Turnpike, Lancaster, Massachusetts 01523, 865 Merriam Avenue, Suite 119, Leominster, Massachusetts 01453, 100 Powder Mill Road, Acton, Massachusetts 01720, 413 Main Street, Athol, Massachusetts 01331, 74 Main Street, Gardner, Massachusetts 01440 and 255 Park Avenue, Suite 606, Worcester, Massachusetts 01609.
