Diagnostic reliability in teledermatology: a systematic review and a meta-analysis.

Adrienn N Bourkas; Natasha Barone; Matthew E C Bourkas; Matthew Mannarino; Robert D J Fraser; Amy Lorincz; Sheila C Wang; Jose Luis Ramirez-GarciaLuna

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Diagnostic reliability in teledermatology: a systematic review and a meta-analysis.

August 30, 2023

Bourkas AN, Barone N, Bourkas MEC, et al. BMJ Open. 2023;13(8):e068207.

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Telemedicine can improve access to specialist care and reduce time to treatment. This systematic review including 44 articles examined the diagnostic agreement between teledermatology and face-to-face consults. The overall average diagnostic agreement was 68.9%, but subgroup analyses identified significantly higher agreement when dermatologists conducted face-to-face and teledermatology consults, rather than non-specialists (i.e., primary care or emergency medicine physicians).

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