• Soyang Ella Kim, Abison Logeswaran, Swan Kang, Nick Stanojcic, Louisa Wickham, Peter Thomas, and LiJi-Peng OliviaJO.
• Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, EC1V 2PD, United Kingdom.
• Asia Pac J Ophthalmol (Phila). 2021 Jul 1; 10 (4): 381-387.

AbstractCOVID-19 has placed unprecedented pressure on health systems globally, whereas simultaneously stimulating unprecedented levels of transformation. Here, we review digital adoption that has taken place during the pandemic to drive improvements in ophthalmic clinical care, with a specific focus on out-of-hospital triage and services, clinical assessment, patient management, and use of electronic health records. We show that although there have been some successes, shortcomings in technology infrastructure prepandemic became only more apparent and consequential as COVID-19 progressed. Through our review, we emphasize the need for clinicians to better grasp and harness key technology trends such as telecommunications and artificial intelligence, so that they can effectively and safely shape clinical practice using these tools going forward.Copyright © 2021 Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology. Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of the Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology.

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