*Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Section of Dermatology, Chicago, Illinois; †The Dermatology Institute-Naperville, DuPage Medical Group, Naperville, Illinois.
Dermatol Surg. 2015 Jan;41(1):149-54. doi: 10.1097/DSS.0000000000000213.
With increasing use of smartphones in the practice and delivery of dermatologic care, little is known on patient perceptions regarding its applications in the clinical setting.
To survey patient viewpoints regarding medical photography and the usage of smartphone applications during a medical encounter.
Cross-sectional survey of adult patients in urban academic and private practice clinics. Patients responded to questionnaires tailored to identify respondent characteristics, preferences of photographing procedure and smartphone uses, and concerns regarding smartphone camera use.
Of the 300 patients surveyed, the majority preferred a hospital-owned camera (97.7%) over the use of personal photographing equipment including a physician's digital camera (27.5%) or a physician's smartphone camera (27.2%). The majority found personal smartphones to be an acceptable reference tool (69.7%) and means to provide information to the patient (75.3%).
Patients appear to have clear preferences in the equipment used for medical photography and acceptable applications of smartphones, highlighting the importance of feedback in shaping patient-physician interactions. In light of patient opinions on camera preferences, it may be prudent to make a conscientious effort to refrain from using smartphones as a camera in the clinical setting until patient concerns regarding its use can be addressed.
随着智能手机在皮肤科医疗实践和服务中的应用越来越广泛，人们对患者在临床环境中对其应用的看法知之甚少。
调查患者对医疗摄影以及在医疗就诊期间使用智能手机应用的观点。
对城市学术和私人诊所的成年患者进行横断面调查。患者回答了专门设计的问卷，以确定受访者特征、拍照程序和智能手机使用偏好，以及对智能手机摄像头使用的担忧。
在接受调查的 300 名患者中，大多数人更喜欢使用医院拥有的相机（97.7%），而不是使用个人拍照设备，包括医生的数码相机（27.5%）或医生的智能手机相机（27.2%）。大多数患者认为个人智能手机是一种可接受的参考工具（69.7%）和向患者提供信息的手段（75.3%）。
患者在医疗摄影设备的使用和智能手机的可接受应用方面似乎有明确的偏好，这突出了在塑造医患互动方面征求患者意见的重要性。鉴于患者对相机偏好的看法，在临床环境中谨慎使用智能手机作为相机可能是明智的，直到可以解决患者对其使用的担忧。
