Telemedicine in dermatology: Evaluation of secondary and tertiary teledermatology

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Authors
  • J.P. van der Heijden
Supervisors
Cosupervisors
  • N.F. de Keizer
  • P.I. Spuls
  • L. Witkamp
Award date 18-10-2013
ISBN
  • 9789053357330
Number of pages 179
Organisations
  • Faculty of Medicine (AMC-UvA)
Abstract
The field of dermatology was one of the first adaptors of telemedicine, dating back to 1995, and has one of the highest scientific output in the field of telemedicine. The research described in this thesis expanded on this scientific knowledge base by answering the following research questions:
1. What is the effect of a large-scale implementation of secondary teledermatology on efficiency, quality and costs of care when integrated in daily practice and applied following patient selection by the GP?
2. Can secondary care teledermatology be combined with dermoscopy images in a real world clinical setting?
3. Can the model of secondary teledermatology be applied to tertiary care models and what would be the effects on efficiency?
Document type PhD thesis
Note Research conducted at: Universiteit van Amsterdam
Language English
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