Investigative ophthalmology & visual science
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Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. · Apr 2010
Primary care provider views of the current referral-to-eye-care process: focus group results.
Purpose. To understand the barriers facing primary care providers (PCPs), including nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs), in the current referral-to-eye-care process and to solicit suggestions from PCPs on how to improve the current referral system. Methods. ⋯ PCPs desire change(s) in the current referral-to-eye-care system. Better communication between PCPs and ECPs, further implementation of EMRs, and increasing eye screening in primary care clinics were common themes. Implementing specific suggestions, such as modernizing medical record systems, may help to increase eye care utilization among patients at high risk for advancing eye disease and vision loss.