Teledermatology

Paraffin sections are classically stained with Hematoxylin-Eosin (HE) before being integrated in a glass slide. One step further takes us to the digital slide. These studies below highlight how deep ...

Combining different sources of data are the fundamentals of personalized medicine. The developed tools are called personomics. Dermatopathology digital slides thus constitute a data source and it can solve specific ...

The figure below show the different steps in the 5 levels to reach a fully digitalized system in digital pathology. The presentation shows the completeness applied for the experience in ...

This article is about the situation in Andalusia, Spain. However it is a case example which will be useful for the reader terms of replication and scaling up. In public ...

Digital slides compared to glass slides have several advantages: Digital slides are easier to analyze as they need to be viewed in full Annotatation of the areas of interest is ...

In the last 15 to 20 years computing and data power have enabled us to digitize, a complete digital slide. Digital pathology is not only the creation of a digital ...

The concept that traditional histology is better than digital pathology is not valid anymore (see: Is Telepathology as Good as Pathology) According to the presenter traditional microscopy, with glass slides ...

Digital pathology, or post 4th industrial revolution pathology has advantages and disadvantages. Pros it’s faster, it’s cheaper, it’s easy access, Second opinion options are easier to get Research is easier ...

People used to argue that digital pathology are not as good as glass histology slides. However, if your technician is good, it doesn’t matter if it is digital or not ...

Making tele-pathology from pathology consists of turning a glass slide into a very high resolution digitized image, It can then be sent over the internet. I. This requires to scan ...

Confocal imaging (Reflectance Confocal Microscopy, RCM) is a simple procedure. It doesn’t not require time consuming and costly staining and other slide preparations. However, that being said, is it as ...

Reflectance Confocal Microscopy (RCM) is simple to perform: The image is captured by capturing the images with a handheld device applied on the skin. (clinical setting by doctor or technician) ...

The imaging tool is a handheld tool, which are two cameras, which take simultaneous clinical photos at from a different angle and when put the scope on patient’s skin lesion. ...

What should we think about triaging through telemedicine by a Digital Hospital ? ((a telemedicine experience in Sevilla, Spain) Is it a care provision model worth attempting ? What are ...

As we already saw in this experience in Teledermatology (a telemedicine experience in Sevilla, Spain – 2020), triaging allows 80% of patients not to be referred to a dermatologist in ...

In 2017, the presenter wondered whether the teledermatology experience could be helpful in other medical disciplines. In other words, would this flow chart be reproducible in other medical fields? Obviously ...

Teledermatology together with teleradiology, telepsychiatry and telepathology is somehow on the leading disciplines in telemedicine use, in the different continents as reported by the World Health Organization. Over the last ...

For interested dermatologists in the US, there are a lot of other resources that American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) has put together through its task force, specifically, the Teledermatology Toolkit. ...

The American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) Taskforce recently did a survey of 5,000 U.S. Dermatologists a few months after the pandemic began. Results of the 13.5% who responded: so prior ...

We need to make sure that there’s coordination with primary care providers. There are dangers to telemedicine disguising as Telehealth when provided by non Healthcare Providers (HCPs) Other models need ...

The AAD released a teledermatology position statement a few years ago which was currently being revised and we’re going to see how we may adapt it given new situation with ...

So there’s a sense that telemedicine has always had this potential, but during the pandemic we allowed the genie out of the bottle, and we really can’t put it back. ...

In general, current state of U.S. dermatology, at least pre-pandemic has been that mobile teledermatology is certainly acceptably equivalent in diagnosis and management. And it’s been really effective in research. ...

Teledermatology has enormous advantages such as providing access and triage. However we must also have to look at the other side of the equation. Is there a chance that we ...

While many have become aware of the advantage of telemedicine during the COVID-19 pandemic, we would like to remind the reader of the reasons why telemedicine is so useful and: ...

Often, in inpatient and urgent care settings you may not have access to subspecialty care like dermatology. For a lot of people in a lot of situations, it became telemedicine ...

In the United States, there are actually enough physicians and resources, but they’re inequitably distributed. And there’s a lot of ways that people may not have access: Geographical distance. We ...

There is a shortage of dermatologists everywhere The problem is that we have a shortage of physicians. We have a shortage of resources, and these are limiting access to health ...

Dermatology has been among the first in generating evidence and a robust evidence base for Telehealth to: develop technology and innovation increase access and appropriateness to measure outcomes. However, there ...

Telehealth vs Telemedecine The pandemic has catalyzed the adoption of telehealth. “Telehealth” refers to a broader scope of remote health care services than telemedicine. Telemedicine refers specifically to remote clinical ...