Main description:

This book offers a comprehensive and the foundational structure for all healthcare professionals developing, practicing, and performing research in teledermatology. The chapters of this book examines the field of teledermatology and will include: platforms and practice models, the impact of COVID-19, the telehealth and mobile teledermatology industry, the effect on healthcare accessibility, equality, specialty referrals and no-show rates, cost effectiveness, implementation, regulations and reimbursement, practice guidelines, outcomes for skin lesions, inflammatory dermatoses, inpatient consultations and pediatrics, research utilization, education, image quality and artificial intelligence, global and international efforts as well as patient and physician satisfaction. Chapters are authored by leaders in the field of dermatology and teledermatology. The goal is for the reader to become knowledgeable and proficient within field of teledermatology to increase patient access, manage skin disease and develop beneficial outcomes via electronic consultations.
Teledermatology: A Comprehensive Overview is a must-have resource for dermatologists, dermatology academic and hospital leadership, hospital administrators, and telehealth programs.

Contents:

1. Teledermatology Platforms

Allison Dorby - UC Irvine

2. Teledermatology Practice Models

April Armstrong - UC Davis

3. Impact of COVID-19 on Teledermatology

Jules Lipoff - UPENN

4. Teleheath and Mobile Teledermatology Industry

Michael Ramsey - Geisinger

5. Effects on Healthcare Accessibility and Equity

Edward Hadeler - U of Miami

6. Effects on Referral and No-Show Rates:

Avery LaChance - Brigham and Womens, Harvard

7. Economics/Cost effectiveness

Erin Amerson - UCSF

8. Implementation

Karen Edison - UofMissouri

9. Regulations /Reimbursement

Mark Pittelkow - Mayo Scotsdale

10. Practice Guidelines

Trilokraj Tejasvi - U of Michigan

11. Outcomes of Teledermatology for Skin lesions

Jason Reichenberg - UT Austin

12. Outcomes of Teledermatology for Inflammatory Dermatoses

Keyvan Nouri - U of Miami

13. Outcomes of Inpatient Teledermatology

John Trinidad - Ohio State

14. Outcomes of Pediatric Teledermatology

Amor Khachemoune - SUNY Downstate

15. Research Utilization

Caroline Laggis U of Utah

16. Resident Education and Educational Conferencing

Toby Maurer - U of Indiana

17. AI and Image Quality

Oge Marques - FAU

18. Global Teledermatology Underserved Countries

Carrie Kovarik - PENN

19. International Teledermatology

Karen McKoy - Lahey Clinic -Harvard

20. Patient and Physician Satisfaction

Sara Perkins -Yale