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DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1777410
Perspectives from an Ophthalmic Hospitalist—Changing How We View Hospital-Based Consults
Funding D.K. is on faculty at Casey Eye Institute, Oregon Health and Science University which receives funding support from the National Institutes of Health (Bethesda, MD) and an unrestricted departmental grant from Research To Prevent Blindness (New York, NY).
Abstract
Inpatient and emergency room ophthalmology consults are becoming an increasingly important issue as fewer providers are willing to provide hospital-based coverage. In this Editorial, I explore aspects of this challenge and highlight a potential solution via the role of an ophthalmic hospitalist.
Publication History
Received: 07 November 2022
Accepted: 09 November 2023
Article published online:
06 December 2023
© 2023. The Author(s). This is an open access article published by Thieme under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonDerivative-NonCommercial License, permitting copying and reproduction so long as the original work is given appropriate credit. Contents may not be used for commercial purposes, or adapted, remixed, transformed or built upon. (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)
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