Estudio piloto de la teledermatología directa durante el estado de alarma por la pandemia COVID-19 en un área sanitaria de Madrid (Estudio EVIDE-19)

Teledermatology During COVID-19: An Updated Review

“…In the store-and-forward model of dermatologic care, patients may submit subpar photographs that render making a diagnosis almost impossible. In Madrid, a pilot study to analyze the viability of TD during the pandemic found that only 52.1% of all submitted images were of sufficient quality, and in approximately 10% of cases, a diagnosis could not be rendered either because the image quality was poor or because the submitted image did not pertain to the chief complaint [ 22 ]. In another study to evaluate patient attitudes towards the technical experience of synchronous TD during COVID-19, Pearlman et al encountered the same problem, noting that about one in three patients reported that their dermatologist was only able to see their skin to a ‘poor’ or ‘acceptable’ degree.…”