Identifying Trends in Patient Characteristics and Visit Details During the Transition to Teledermatology: Experience at a Single Tertiary Referral Center
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Krueger, StevenLeonard, Nicholas
Modest, Nicholas
Flahive, Julie M.
Guilarte-Walker, Yurima
Rashighi, Medhi
LaChance, Avery Heather
UMass Chan Affiliations
Department of Population and Quantitative Health SciencesDepartment of Dermatology
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Journal ArticlePublication Date
2020-11-27Keywords
telehealthteledermatology
access
health policy
remote care
COVID-19
Dermatology
Infectious Disease
Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases
Telemedicine
Virus Diseases
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Teledermatology is cost effective, accurate, and has the potential to increase access to care for rural and minority populations.Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the use of telehealth services was mainly limited by reimbursement restrictions. However, during the pandemic, emergency legislation mandating telehealth coverage swept across the nation, resulting in an 8,336% increase in telehealth claims from April 2019 to April 2020. This steep increase provides an opportunity to evaluate how the transition to telehealth has impacted the practice of dermatology. The purpose of this study was to compare trends in teledermatology and in-person visits to begin to explore how we can optimize teledermatology moving forward.Source
Krueger S, Leonard N, Modest N, Flahive J, Guilarte-Walker Y, Rashighi M, LaChance AH. Identifying Trends in Patient Characteristics and Visit Details During the Transition to Teledermatology: Experience at a Single Tertiary Referral Center. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2020 Nov 27:S0190-9622(20)33084-X. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2020.11.040. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33253853. Link to article on publisher's site
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10.1016/j.jaad.2020.11.040Permanent Link to this Item
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/27363PubMed ID
33253853Related Resources
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10.1016/j.jaad.2020.11.040