Creating an Evidence Base for Vision Rehabilitation

描述（由申请人提供）：该项目，“创建视力康复的证据基础”，将涉及新开发的电子视力康复记录（EVRR）的实施。该项目的牵头机构Lighthouse International构建了该软件及其所基于的模型。该项目将涉及在灯塔国际、缅因州的虹膜网络和纽约尤蒂卡的盲人和视力受损者中央协会安装和实施EVRR。该项目还将在纽约州盲人和视力障碍者委员会的三个办公室和三个眼科医生的私人办公室或医院内的初级眼科保健服务处安装EVRR模块。 EVRR及其工具的实施将确保患者获得一致、高质量、标准化的护理，从而延缓与卫生服务利用率增加相关的功能下降。在较短的时间内，该系统将建立一个大型的成果计量数据库，据以评价目前最佳做法的有效性，并帮助改进有证据表明的做法。

DESCRIPTION (provided by the applicant): The project, "Creating an Evidence Base for Vision Rehabilitation," will involve the implementation of the newly developed Electronic Vision Rehabilitation Record (EVRR). The lead agency on this project, Lighthouse International, built this software and the model upon which it is based. The project will involve the installation and implementation of EVRR at Lighthouse International, The Iris Network in Maine, and the Central Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired (CABVI) in Utica, New York. The project will also involve the installation of EVRR modules at three offices of the New York State Commission for the Blind and Visually Handicapped (CBVH) and three ophthalmologists' private offices or primary eye-care services within hospitals. The implementation of EVRR and its tools will assure that patients receive consistent, high-quality, standardized care thereby delaying the functional decline that has been associated with increased utilization of health services. Over a relatively short period of time, the system will create a large outcome-measures database by which to evaluate the effectiveness of current best practice and help refine practice as the evidence indicates.