Feasibility and cost of a medical student proxy-based mobile teledermatology consult service with Kisoro, Uganda, and Lake Atitlán, Guatemala

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 685-692

  Greisman, Laura ^a   Nguyen, Tan M ^a   Mann, Ranon E ^a   Baganizi, Michael ^b   Jacobson, Mark ^a   Paccione, Gerald A ^a   Friedman, Adam J ^a   Lipoff, Jules B ^a,c  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Kisoro District Hospital   (Uganda)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GUATEMALA; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; INTERNET; LICHEN PLANUS; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; MEDICAL STUDENT; MOBILE APPLICATION; MOBILE PHONE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; PROXY; RESIDENT; RURAL POPULATION; SKIN BIOPSY; STUDENT BASED MOBILE TELEDERMATOLOGY; SYPHILIS; TELECONSULTATION; TELEDERMATOLOGY; UGANDA; COST; DERMATOLOGY; ECONOMICS; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SKIN DISEASES; SMARTPHONE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DERMATOLOGY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROXY; REMOTE CONSULTATION; SKIN DISEASES; SMARTPHONE; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929583248     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ijd.12708     Document Type: Article

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