Telemedicine is a rapidly developing application of clinical medicine where medical information is transferred through interactive audiovisual media for the purpose of consulting remote medical procedures or examinations, reducing the time of consultation for patients. Teledermatology as an application of telemedicine was developed in 1995: it turns out to be a gradually more ordinary mean of d...

Skin cancer screening has undoubted potential to reduce cancer-specific morbidity and mortality. Total-body exams remain the prevailing concept of skin cancer screening even if effectiveness and value of this method are controversial. Meanwhile, store and forward teledermatology was shown to be a reliable instrument for several diagnostic purposes mostly in specialized dermatology settings. The...

Skin cancer screening has undoubted potential to reduce cancer-specific morbidity and mortality. Total-body exams remain the prevailing concept of skin cancer screening even if effectiveness and value of this method are controversial. Meanwhile, store and forward teledermatology was shown to be a reliable instrument for several diagnostic purposes mostly in specialized dermatology settings. The...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to assess the validity of store-and-forward teledermatology as a tool to support physicians in primary care and hospital emergency services and reduce the requirement for face-to-face appointments. Diagnostic validity and the approach chosen for patient management (face-to-face vs teledermatology) were compared according to patient origin and ...

OBJECTIVE We performed a systematic review of the literature addressing teledermatology: (1) diagnostic accuracy/concordance; (2) management accuracy/concordance; (3) clinical outcomes; and (4) costs. METHODS Peer-reviewed controlled trials published in English between 1990 and 2009 were identified through MEDLINE and PubMed searches. RESULTS Of 78 included studies, approximately two-thirds...

Dermatology is regarded as especially suitable for the application of telemedicine because it relies to a large extent on visual information for diagnosis and holds promise as an alternative means of delivering care. Interest in teledermatology has come at a time when there is an increased demand for dermatological services and teledermatology has been advocated as a mode of delivery that may d...

Teledermatology holds great potential for revolutionizing the delivery of dermatology services, providing equitable service to remote areas and allowing primary care physicians to refer patients to dermatology centres of excellence at a distance. However, before its routine application as a service tool, its reliability, accuracy and cost-effectiveness need to be verified by rigorous evaluation...

BACKGROUND Mobile teledermatology has recently been shown to be suitable for teledermatology despite limitations in image definition in preliminary studies. The unique aspect of mobile teledermatology is that this system represents a filtering or triage system, allowing a sensitive approach for the management of patients with emergent skin diseases. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS In this stud...

Teledermatology in medical education Á a 'rash' decision? T he benefits of 'teledermatology' have been widely documented; most importantly, teledermatology has reduced referral times for patients saving money for the burdened NHS (1). However, with less need for face-to-face consultations (2), there may be fewer opportunities for medical students to get hands-on experience with dermatological c...