Concordance and Time Estimation of Store-and-Forward Mobile Teledermatology Compared to Classical Face-to-Face Consultation

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 35-39

  Nami, Niccolò ^a   Massone, Cesare ^b   Rubegni, Pietro ^a   Cevenini, Gabriele ^a   Fimiani, Michele ^a   Hofmann Wellenhof, Rainer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Mobile teledermatology; Smartphones; Store and forward teledermatology; Telemedicine; Time

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DERMATOLOGY; DEVICES; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE PHONE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; PRODUCTIVITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKIN DISEASES; TASK PERFORMANCE; TELECONSULTATION; TELEPATHOLOGY; TIME; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELL PHONES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATOLOGY; EFFICIENCY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; OFFICE VISITS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REMOTE CONSULTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKIN DISEASES; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TELEPATHOLOGY; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84918801074     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: 16512057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-1876     Document Type: Article

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