The impact of information technology on the practice of ophthalmology.

Abstract

Information technology has had a tremendous impact on the outlook of our professional lives. The Internet has revolutionised the speed of access to information with touch of a button. This article discusses the various aspects of information technology which are changing and enhancing our professional lives. It provides tips to enable the busy practising clinician to use the available resources effectively. Problems such as reliability of information on the web and how to assess the quality of such matter are also discussed.

Keywords

• Humans
• Information Systems
• standards
• trends
• Internet
• trends
• Ophthalmology
• methods
• standards
• Telemedicine
• methods
• trends