Diagnostic Agreement Between Telemedicine on Social Networks and Teledermatology Centers.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

With increasing delays in obtaining a dermatological consultation, general practitioners (GPs) are using social networks for telemedicine to obtain advice on dermatological images. The objective was to analyze diagnostic agreement between telemedicine on social networks (Twitter and MedPics) and standard teledermatology services (TDS).

Methods

This retrospective observational study included images published on Twitter and MedPics by GPs in 2016. The contextualized images were evaluated by 2 teledermatology services in Paris, France and an expert committee. Diagnoses obtained from telemedicine on social networks, TDS, and the expert committee were collected for each image. The agreement between the diagnoses made on social networks and by TDS was measured using Cohen

SUBMITTER: Serhrouchni S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7800733 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan-Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature