No. of optometry practices: no. of ophthalmology practices | 7: 1 |
Electronic document and records management system (EDRMS): | |
Commercially available (eg, Optomate, Sunix) | 3 |
Bespoke | 5 |
Record types: | |
Electronic record only | 4 |
Structured paper record | 2 |
Semistructured paper record | 1 |
Unstructured paper record only | 1 |
Sampling method*: | |
By patients | 5† |
By visits | 1 |
By dates | 2 |
No. of records sampled per practice†: | |
Preventative eye care, median (range) | 23 (21 to 50) |
Glaucoma eye care, median (range) | 10 (8 to 20) |
Diabetic eye care, median (range) | 4 (1 to 10) |
No. of practitioners sampled per practice, median (range) | 3 (1 to 14) |
Time taken (hours per practice), median (range) | 3.5 (3 to 5.5) |
*One practice was able to provide a list of all eligible patients (ie, patients with glaucoma, glaucoma suspects and patients with diabetes).
†Appropriateness of preventative eye care was assessed in three of eight practices; appropriateness of glaucoma and diabetic eye care was assessed in seven of eight practices.