Acceptance of Teledermoscopy by General Practitioners and Dermatologists in Denmark

Background: Teledermoscopy can be used to triage referrals of suspected skin cancers, thereby reducing waiting time and number of face-to-face consultations with a dermatologist. However, the success of the implementation of this technology in part relies on the acceptance of the providers. Obje...

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Autores principales:	Tine Vestergaard, Merethe K. Andersen, Anette Bygum
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Publicado:	Mattioli1885 2021
Materias:	provider satisfaction teledermoscopy teledermatology skin cancer malignant melanoma general practitioner Dermatology RL1-803
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:0ac12c4aca694a778d8761effb8f67bb2021-11-17T08:27:59ZAcceptance of Teledermoscopy by General Practitioners and Dermatologists in Denmark10.5826/dpc.1102a332160-9381https://doaj.org/article/0ac12c4aca694a778d8761effb8f67bb2021-04-01T00:00:00Zhttp://dpcj.org/index.php/dpc/article/view/1497https://doaj.org/toc/2160-9381 Background: Teledermoscopy can be used to triage referrals of suspected skin cancers, thereby reducing waiting time and number of face-to-face consultations with a dermatologist. However, the success of the implementation of this technology in part relies on the acceptance of the providers. Objectives: This study assessed the attitudes towards teledermoscopy of referring general practitioners and consultant dermatologists. Methods: General practitioners from 48 practices and 3 dermatologists in the region of Southern Denmark, who had previous experience with teledermoscopy, were invited to answer questionnaires on their acceptance of the technology. Results: General practitioners from 23 practices responded. All domains of the questionnaire received high scores, indicating a high degree of acceptance of teledermoscopy among respondents. All 3 dermatologists agreed that teledermoscopy was useful for triaging referrals, but they were less confident in their diagnoses and management plans proposed by teledermoscopy than in traditional face-to-face evaluations of patients. Two of the 3 dermatologists were satisfied with using teledermoscopy as a consult method. Conclusions: This study reports high levels of provider acceptance of teledermoscopy. However, a low response rate among general practitioners may limit its generalizability. Tine VestergaardMerethe K. AndersenAnette BygumMattioli1885articleprovider satisfactionteledermoscopyteledermatologyskin cancermalignant melanomageneral practitionerDermatologyRL1-803ENDermatology Practical & Conceptual, Vol 11, Iss 2 (2021)
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spellingShingle	provider satisfaction teledermoscopy teledermatology skin cancer malignant melanoma general practitioner Dermatology RL1-803 Tine Vestergaard Merethe K. Andersen Anette Bygum Acceptance of Teledermoscopy by General Practitioners and Dermatologists in Denmark
description	Background: Teledermoscopy can be used to triage referrals of suspected skin cancers, thereby reducing waiting time and number of face-to-face consultations with a dermatologist. However, the success of the implementation of this technology in part relies on the acceptance of the providers. Objectives: This study assessed the attitudes towards teledermoscopy of referring general practitioners and consultant dermatologists. Methods: General practitioners from 48 practices and 3 dermatologists in the region of Southern Denmark, who had previous experience with teledermoscopy, were invited to answer questionnaires on their acceptance of the technology. Results: General practitioners from 23 practices responded. All domains of the questionnaire received high scores, indicating a high degree of acceptance of teledermoscopy among respondents. All 3 dermatologists agreed that teledermoscopy was useful for triaging referrals, but they were less confident in their diagnoses and management plans proposed by teledermoscopy than in traditional face-to-face evaluations of patients. Two of the 3 dermatologists were satisfied with using teledermoscopy as a consult method. Conclusions: This study reports high levels of provider acceptance of teledermoscopy. However, a low response rate among general practitioners may limit its generalizability.
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title	Acceptance of Teledermoscopy by General Practitioners and Dermatologists in Denmark
title_short	Acceptance of Teledermoscopy by General Practitioners and Dermatologists in Denmark
title_full	Acceptance of Teledermoscopy by General Practitioners and Dermatologists in Denmark
title_fullStr	Acceptance of Teledermoscopy by General Practitioners and Dermatologists in Denmark
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Acceptance of Teledermoscopy by General Practitioners and Dermatologists in Denmark

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