Evaluating healthcare practitioners' views on store-and-forward teledermoscopy services for the diagnosis of skin cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The aim of the study is to evaluate healthcare practitioners' views on and satisfaction with (i) digital image acquisition and storage and (ii) store-and-forward teledermoscopy services for the diagnosis of skin cancer in their clinical practice.

Methods

An online survey was conducted among 59 healthcare practitioners (GPs (n=17), dermatologists (n=22), dermatology registrars (n=18), a dermatology research fellow (n=1) and a plastic surgeon (n=1)) to assess usability of digital image acquisition and storage for when the imaging process is conducted by the healthcare practitioners themselves, or by their patients. The study identifies the enablers and barriers of this emerging mode of medical practice. A thematic analysis was used

SUBMITTER: Janda M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6376520 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature