Teledermatology in the era of COVID-19: Experience of an academic department of dermatology

Perkins, Sara; Cohen, Jeffrey M.; Nelson, Caroline A.; Bunick, Christopher G.

doi:10.1016/j.jaad.2020.04.048

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“…The ability to collect payment from patients for these visits and the relevant coding and documentation needed must also be checked with national healthcare agencies. [8][9][10] Necessary for successful telemedicine integration may include an electronic medical record system infrastructure, audiovisual platforms, necessary hardware, coding/billing integration, and information technology (IT) support. Training on both the side of the physician (providers, assistants, schedulers, and billers) and the patient (patient and/or caregiver) is also critical to allow adequate visibility during each virtual examination.…”

Section: Telemedicinementioning

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Recommendations for Dermatology Office Reopening in the Era of COVID-19

Arruda¹,

Hexsel²,

Lim³

et al. 2020

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The COVID-19 pandemic, originating in Wuhan, China, has become a major public health and economic challenge for countries around the world. As of May 08, 2020, there are over 3 million COVID-19 cases, and 250,000 COVID-19-associated deaths in 215 countries. As more data is collected, updated infection control measures are continuously released and published by government, public health authorities, and physician specialty associations. Across the globe, dermatological practices have had to limit their operations to varying degrees to facilitate disease control, but as the pandemic subsides, they will broaden their operations. In light of the uncertainty surrounding safe and effective practice of medical and aesthetic dermatology in the era of COVID-19, fourteen international experts in the field contributed to recommendations for effective infection control protocols and practice management modifications. While guidance from the World Health Organization and local public health officials comes first, these recommendations are crafted as a starting point for dermatologists worldwide to commence either reopening their doors to patients or expanding available service offerings. This can help ensure that patients receive needed care in the short term and improve long term practice viability.

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Section: Telemedicinementioning

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Recommendations for Dermatology Office Reopening in the Era of COVID-19

Arruda¹,

Hexsel²,

Lim³

et al. 2020

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“…The steady growth of teledermatology has turned into a meteoric boom in the context of the COVID pandemic [ 17 •, 18 ]. Although practice habits have begun to normalize, the increased acceptance and the use of teledermatology, whether formal or informal, is likely to become a mainstay of inpatient dermatology consults moving forward.…”

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Inpatient Dermatology Best Practice Strategies for Educating and Relaying Findings to Colleagues

2020

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Purpose of Review This review examines the role of education and relaying findings to non-dermatologist colleagues when performing inpatient dermatology consults. We highlight best practices for communication and education. Recent Findings Non-dermatologists receive minimal training on the diagnosis and the management of skin conditions. Efforts to teach dermatology in the inpatient setting via traditional didactics have been met with limited success, and hospitalists have indicated a desire to learn from specialists. Incorporating education into standard consultation practices including the note, one-on-one communication, and bedside rounds can efficiently improve teaching and patient care. Summary Our key principles of consultation emphasize communication, use of pre-existing components of a consultation to teach, and close follow-up. Inpatient dermatologists can implement these simple but effective measures to encourage education and communication with primary teams for both in-person and telehealth consults.

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“…The new normal: An approach to optimizing and combining inperson and telemedicine visits to maximize patient care To the Editor: In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, our department transitioned to an almost entirely teledermatology practice. 1 As the country begins to reopen safely, we and many dermatologists across the United States will continue using teledermatology while integrating in-office care.…”

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The new normal: An approach to optimizing and combining in-person and telemedicine visits to maximize patient care

Cohen

Bunick

Perkins

2020

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

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Elsevier has created a COVID-19 resource centre with free information in English and Mandarin on the novel coronavirus COVID-19. The COVID-19 resource centre is hosted on Elsevier Connect, the company's public news and information website. Elsevier hereby grants permission to make all its COVID-19-related research that is available on the COVID-19 resource centre-including this research content-immediately available in PubMed Central and other publicly funded repositories, such as the WHO COVID database with rights for unrestricted research re-use and analyses in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for free by Elsevier for as long as the COVID-19 resource centre remains active.

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Teledermatology in the era of COVID-19: Experience of an academic department of dermatology

Cited by 83 publications

References 3 publications

Recommendations for Dermatology Office Reopening in the Era of COVID-19

Recommendations for Dermatology Office Reopening in the Era of COVID-19

Inpatient Dermatology Best Practice Strategies for Educating and Relaying Findings to Colleagues

The new normal: An approach to optimizing and combining in-person and telemedicine visits to maximize patient care

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