Mobile Device Use in Dermatologic Patient Care

Current Dermatology Reports

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 77-82

  Lofgreen, Seth J ^a   Ashack, Kurt ^b   Burton, Kyle A ^c   Dellavalle, Robert P ^a,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Applications teledermatology; Mobile apps; Mobile phone patient care; Smartphones; Teledermoscopy; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

DERMATOLOGIST; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MELANOMA; MOBILE APPLICATION; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT CARE; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN DEFECT; SMARTPHONE; TELEMEDICINE; TELEMONITORING;

EID: 85055684927     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21624933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13671-016-0132-y     Document Type: Review

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