Smartphone app helps eye patients monitor vision from home

In normal circumstances, patients with poor vision regularly attend in-person appointments to check for any changes in vision. The pandemic has made this more difficult in many places. — dpa

A smartphone app that allows eye patients to test their vision from home during lockdown is being piloted by a leading eye hospital in Britain.

Home Vision Monitor is being tested by patients of London's Moorfields Eye Hospital as a means of continuing the close monitoring of their vision without leaving home.