The National Academy of Medicine addresses healthcare safety and quality in the United States: Timely care: avoid harmful delays, Efficient care: prevent waste of equipment, supplies, ideas, and energy, and Clinic workflow affects both timeliness and efficiency.Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality on workflow2: Steps taken to complete job responsibilities in work setting can be physical and mental tasks, and can occur sequentially or simultaneously. Ophthalmology relies on smooth clinic flow and efficiency. COVID-19: Increased telemedicine, online patient messages, and staff work hours to accommodate urgent care and patientbacklogs. Crucial: Streamline workflow efficiency in this fast-paced field.
Pneumatic retinopexy (PR) is used to repair retinal detachments ideally in phakic patients who have a single break or multiple smaller breaks in the superior 8 clock hours of the fundus. The single-procedure success rate of PR is highly variable and has been reported to range between 43.7% and 95.5%, with a mean of 74.4% across all studies.
