Evaluation of skin cancer in Northern California kaiser permanente's store-and-forward teledermatology referral program

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 780-785

  Kahn, Estelle ^a,c   Sossong, Sarah ^b   Goh, Anne ^c   Carpenter, Diane ^d   Goldstein, Sanford ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Kaiser Permanente ^*  (United States)

^d DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

dermatology; teledermatology; telemedicine

Indexed keywords

BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; MALIGNANT MELANOMA; MEDICAL CENTER; PRIMARY CARE CLINICS; REFERRAL PROGRAMS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STORE AND FORWARD; TELEDERMATOLOGY;

BIOPSY; PATIENT TREATMENT; TELEMEDICINE;

DERMATOLOGY;

AGED; ARTICLE; DERMATOLOGY; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT REFERRAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL POPULATION; SKIN TUMOR; TELEMEDICINE; TIME; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CALIFORNIA; DERMATOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TELEMEDICINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84885082779     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2012.0260     Document Type: Review

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