Flaten Hania K, St Claire Chelsea, Schlager Emma, Dunnick Cory A, Dellavalle Robert P
Department of Dermatology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado Dermatology Service, Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Denver, Colorado Department of Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, Colorado.
Dermatol Online J. 2018 Feb 15;24(2):13030/qt3hs7n9z6.
More than 80% of households in the US have a smartphone. Growth of mobile applications (apps) has grown in parallel with access to smartphones. Mobile health apps are used in medical fields, including dermatology. These apps allow patients to access information regarding dermatology conditions as well as access physicians via teledermatology.
To analyze changes in number of dermatology mobile apps since 2014 and discuss benefits and drawbacks of mobile application growth to dermatology.
Apple, Android, and Windows were queried for dermatology-related apps. The apps were categorized by purpose and compared to previously published data to assess growth and change in dermatology apps.
A total of 526 dermatology mobile apps were found corresponding to an 80.8% growth in dermatology apps since 2014. The market share of teledermatology increased from 11.0% in 2014 to 20.1% in 2017.
Dermatology apps continue to grow at a comparable pace to general app growth. Teledermatology apps experienced significant growth from 2014 to 2017. This growth has allowed time-efficient and cost-effective access to dermatologists, especially in rural areas. The growth of dermatology apps targeting patients allows for patient autonomy but also can result in access to inaccurate information regarding dermatology conditions.
美国超过80%的家庭拥有智能手机。移动应用程序（应用）的增长与智能手机的普及同步。移动健康应用在包括皮肤科在内的医学领域得到应用。这些应用程序使患者能够获取有关皮肤病的信息，并通过远程皮肤病学联系医生。
分析自2014年以来皮肤科移动应用数量的变化，并探讨移动应用增长对皮肤科的利弊。
对苹果、安卓和Windows系统中与皮肤科相关的应用进行查询。这些应用按用途分类，并与之前公布的数据进行比较，以评估皮肤科应用的增长和变化。
共发现526款皮肤科移动应用，自2014年以来皮肤科应用增长了80.8%。远程皮肤病学的市场份额从2014年的11.0%增至2017年的20.1%。
皮肤科应用的增长速度与一般应用的增长速度相当。2014年至2017年期间，远程皮肤病学应用显著增长。这种增长使患者能够高效、经济地联系皮肤科医生，尤其是在农村地区。面向患者的皮肤科应用的增长赋予了患者自主权，但也可能导致患者获取有关皮肤病的不准确信息。
