Abstract
COVID-19 pandemic has made changes to conventional health care. In view of the need for “social distancing”, telemedicine services became most in demand, which constituted a reform of the previous doctor-patient relationship format; dermatology was no exception. Increased use of teledermatology (TD) all over the world elevated the relevance of the set of challenges related to teledermatology potential and limits, particularly in the light of the expectations of the technology broader application during the post-pandemic period. The review addresses the issues related to accounting for quality of health care, understanding the social and humanitarian context of TD, as well as the impact on professional education.
Highlights
Telemedicine (ТМ) is an information and communication technology for provision of health care and medical services, based on remote data communication aimed at diagnosis and treatment of the disorders, clinical and laboratory assessment data analysis, and remote patient monitoring
Survey about the effects of the pandemic on TD performed in May and June 2020, involving 591 dermatology practitioners being the AAD (American Academy of Dermatology) members, showed that only 14.1% of respondents used TD before the pandemic compared with 96.9% after the COVID-19 emergence; 58.0% of dermatologists assumed they would use TD in the future regardless of the epidemiological situation; 72.0% of physicians rated hybrid model as the most accurate [3]
TD modification with greater differential diagnosis variability in relation to particular patient was determined: with the use of RT-TD, the number of diagnoses varied in the range of 1–5; with the use of SAF, it varied in the range of 1–3
Summary
С. Мыльникова Российский национальный исследовательский медицинский университет имени Н.
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