Diagnostic value of written referral and/or images for skin lesions

Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare
Amanda M M OakleyHadley Wickham

Abstract

We examined whether it is possible for a dermatologist to diagnose benign and malignant skin lesions by telemedicine, given a comprehensive history and/or clinical images. A medical student recorded a standardized history and description of 109 skin lesions and took digital photographs of the presenting lesion(s) immediately prior to a normal outpatient dermatology consultation. About 52 dermatologists were invited to participate in online diagnosis. In all, 38 took part and they were provided with the text and/or the image(s) online on a secure Website. When the images and text were provided, 53% of teledermatology diagnoses were the same as the face-to-face diagnosis. When images alone were provided, 57% of diagnoses were the same. When text alone was provided, 41% of diagnoses were the same. The relatively low diagnostic concordance may have been due to the inexperience of many teledermatologists and poor quality image display systems. The teledermatologists were less confident in their diagnoses than face-to-face specialists, especially in the absence of images. The teledermatology management plan was more likely to include biopsy, excision or review than was the case at the face-to-face consultation. Teledermatology may re...Continue Reading

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