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Teledermatology: Comparison of Store-and-Forward Versus Live Interactive Video Conferencing
A decreasing number of dermatologists and an increasing number of patients in Western countries have led to a relative lack of clinicians providing expert dermatologic care. This, in turn, has prolonged wait times for patients to be examined, putting them at risk. Store-and-forward teledermatology i...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6231765/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30355564 http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/11871 |
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author | Brinker, Titus Josef Hekler, Achim von Kalle, Christof Schadendorf, Dirk Esser, Stefan Berking, Carola Zacher, Martina T Sondermann, Wiebke Grabe, Niels Steeb, Theresa Utikal, Jochen Sven French, Lars E Enk, Alexander H |
author_facet | Brinker, Titus Josef Hekler, Achim von Kalle, Christof Schadendorf, Dirk Esser, Stefan Berking, Carola Zacher, Martina T Sondermann, Wiebke Grabe, Niels Steeb, Theresa Utikal, Jochen Sven French, Lars E Enk, Alexander H |
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description | A decreasing number of dermatologists and an increasing number of patients in Western countries have led to a relative lack of clinicians providing expert dermatologic care. This, in turn, has prolonged wait times for patients to be examined, putting them at risk. Store-and-forward teledermatology improves patient access to dermatologists through asynchronous consultations, reducing wait times to obtain a consultation. However, live video conferencing as a synchronous service is also frequently used by practitioners because it allows immediate interaction between patient and physician. This raises the question of which of the two approaches is superior in terms of quality of care and convenience. There are pros and cons for each in terms of technical requirements and features. This viewpoint compares the two techniques based on a literature review and a clinical perspective to help dermatologists assess the value of teledermatology and determine which techniques would be valuable in their practice. |
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spelling | pubmed-62317652018-12-03 Teledermatology: Comparison of Store-and-Forward Versus Live Interactive Video Conferencing Brinker, Titus Josef Hekler, Achim von Kalle, Christof Schadendorf, Dirk Esser, Stefan Berking, Carola Zacher, Martina T Sondermann, Wiebke Grabe, Niels Steeb, Theresa Utikal, Jochen Sven French, Lars E Enk, Alexander H J Med Internet Res Viewpoint A decreasing number of dermatologists and an increasing number of patients in Western countries have led to a relative lack of clinicians providing expert dermatologic care. This, in turn, has prolonged wait times for patients to be examined, putting them at risk. Store-and-forward teledermatology improves patient access to dermatologists through asynchronous consultations, reducing wait times to obtain a consultation. However, live video conferencing as a synchronous service is also frequently used by practitioners because it allows immediate interaction between patient and physician. This raises the question of which of the two approaches is superior in terms of quality of care and convenience. There are pros and cons for each in terms of technical requirements and features. This viewpoint compares the two techniques based on a literature review and a clinical perspective to help dermatologists assess the value of teledermatology and determine which techniques would be valuable in their practice. JMIR Publications 2018-10-24 /pmc/articles/PMC6231765/ /pubmed/30355564 http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/11871 Text en ©Titus Josef Brinker, Achim Hekler, Christof von Kalle, Dirk Schadendorf, Stefan Esser, Carola Berking, Martina T Zacher, Wiebke Sondermann, Niels Grabe, Theresa Steeb, Jochen Sven Utikal, Lars E French, Alexander H Enk. Originally published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research (http://www.jmir.org), 24.10.2018. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work, first published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research, is properly cited. The complete bibliographic information, a link to the original publication on http://www.jmir.org/, as well as this copyright and license information must be included. |
spellingShingle | Viewpoint Brinker, Titus Josef Hekler, Achim von Kalle, Christof Schadendorf, Dirk Esser, Stefan Berking, Carola Zacher, Martina T Sondermann, Wiebke Grabe, Niels Steeb, Theresa Utikal, Jochen Sven French, Lars E Enk, Alexander H Teledermatology: Comparison of Store-and-Forward Versus Live Interactive Video Conferencing |
title | Teledermatology: Comparison of Store-and-Forward Versus Live Interactive Video Conferencing |
title_full | Teledermatology: Comparison of Store-and-Forward Versus Live Interactive Video Conferencing |
title_fullStr | Teledermatology: Comparison of Store-and-Forward Versus Live Interactive Video Conferencing |
title_full_unstemmed | Teledermatology: Comparison of Store-and-Forward Versus Live Interactive Video Conferencing |
title_short | Teledermatology: Comparison of Store-and-Forward Versus Live Interactive Video Conferencing |
title_sort | teledermatology: comparison of store-and-forward versus live interactive video conferencing |
topic | Viewpoint |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6231765/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30355564 http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/11871 |
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