Diagnostic accuracy of a telemedicine tool for acute burns diagnosis.

Background: Telemedicine technologies have a valuable potential when it comes to improving the accuracy of triage protocols in selecting severely injured patients who may benefit from transportation. The main objective of this study was to evaluate the correlation of the urgent diagnosis made by telemedicine through an App with traditional face-to-face urgent care and the final diagnosis, made by scheduled consultation.

Methods: We carried out a descriptive cross-sectional study to evaluate the accuracy of telemedicine in burns evaluation compared to gold standard (in-person consultation).