Teledermatology and clinical photography: Safeguarding patient privacy and mitigating medico-legal risk

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 204, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Stevenson, Paul ^a   Finnane, Anna R ^a   Peter Soyer, H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; E-MAIL; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERNET; LAW SUIT; LEGAL LIABILITY; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PRIVACY; RELIABILITY; RISK MANAGEMENT; TELEDERMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SECURITY; CONFIDENTIALITY; DERMATOLOGY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHOTOGRAPHY; SMARTPHONE; TELECONSULTATION;

AUSTRALIA; COMPUTER SECURITY; CONFIDENTIALITY; DERMATOLOGY; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; PHOTOGRAPHY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REMOTE CONSULTATION; SMARTPHONE;

EID: 85003955339     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja15.00996     Document Type: Article

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