VT351 : Smartphone Apps for Patient Testing and other calculations

Dr.John Davis Akkara, Dr.Anju Kuriakose, Dr.Davis J Akkara, Dr. EATHAMMA JACOB

Smartphones have become ubiquitous and almost everyone has one. They are in fact, tiny computers in the palm of our hand. The rapid increase in the smartness of our phones have made it possible for our trusty mobile companions to become more than just a way to make calls or spend time social “notworking”.

Smartphone apps have been developed which can be used to reliably document visual acuity and contrast sensitivity, color vision, central vision, etc.

They can even test optokinetic nystagmus, near vision, diplopia, stereo acuity.

There are apps to calculate IOL power, transpositions, corrected IOP, glaucoma risk, toric calculations and convert between Snellens and LogMAR visual acuity.

There are Patient teaching apps and Doctor teaching apps, apps for Medical eBooks and Journals, apps for reminding patients of medication schedule.

Electronic Medical Records too are now capable of running on a smartphone.

Let us not forget the smartphone fundus and slitlamp photography.