McKoy Karen, Halpern Saul, Mutyambizi Kudakwashe
Lahey Clinic Department of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School, Burlington, MA USA.
Department of Dermatology, East Kent Hospitals University NHS Trust, Kent, UK.
Curr Dermatol Rep. 2021;10(3):55-66. doi: 10.1007/s13671-021-00333-6. Epub 2021 Jul 28.
The use of teledermatology has been evolving slowly for the delivery of health care to remote and underserved populations. Improving technology and the recent COVID-19 pandemic have hastened its use internationally.
Some barriers to the use of teledermatology have fallen considerably in the last year.
Teledermatology use has increased significantly in recent years in both government-sponsored and private health care systems and individual practices. There are no recognized international practice guidelines and variable use within countries. Many barriers remain to increasing the use of teledermatology.
远程皮肤病学在为偏远和医疗服务不足人群提供医疗保健方面的应用一直在缓慢发展。技术的进步以及近期的新冠疫情加速了其在国际上的应用。
去年,远程皮肤病学应用的一些障碍已大幅减少。
近年来,远程皮肤病学在政府资助和私人医疗保健系统以及个体诊所中的应用显著增加。目前尚无公认的国际实践指南,且各国的应用情况各不相同。在扩大远程皮肤病学的应用方面,仍存在许多障碍。