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| Publications [#80903] of Russell P. Hall III
Papers Published
- JD Whited, RP Hall, DL Simel, ME Foy, KM Stechuchak, RJ Drugge, JM Grichnik, SA Myers, RD Horner, Reliability and accuracy of dermatologists' clinic-based and digital image consultations.,
Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, UNITED STATES, vol. 41 no. 5 Pt 1
(November, 1999),
pp. 693-702, ISSN 0190-9622
(last updated on 2007/03/27)
Abstract:
BACKGROUND: Telemedicine technology holds great promise for dermatologic health care delivery. However, the clinical outcomes of digital image consultations (teledermatology) must be compared with traditional clinic-based consultations. OBJECTIVE: Our purpose was to assess and compare the reliability and accuracy of dermatologists' diagnoses and management recommendations for clinic-based and digital image consultations. METHODS: One hundred sixty-eight lesions found among 129 patients were independently examined by 2 clinic-based dermatologists and 3 different digital image dermatologist consultants. The reliability and accuracy of the examiners' diagnoses and the reliability of their management recommendations were compared. RESULTS: Proportion agreement among clinic-based examiners for their single most likely diagnosis was 0. 54 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.46-0.61) and was 0.92 (95% CI, 0. 88-0.96) when ratings included differential diagnoses. Digital image consultants provided diagnoses that were comparably reliable to the clinic-based examiners. Agreement on management recommendations was variable. Digital image and clinic-based consultants displayed similar diagnostic accuracy. CONCLUSION: Digital image consultations result in reliable and accurate diagnostic outcomes when compared with traditional clinic-based consultations.
Keywords:
Adult • Aged • Aged, 80 and over • Female • Humans • Male • Middle Aged • Observer Variation • Remote Consultation* • Reproducibility of Results • Skin Diseases • diagnosis* • statistics & numerical data
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