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Background And Objectives: Integration of artificial intelligence in healthcare, particularly ChatGPT, is transforming medical diagnostics and may benefit teledermatology. This exploratory study compared image description and differential diagnosis generation by a ChatGPT-4 based chatbot with human teledermatologists.
Patients And Methods: This retrospective study compared 154 teledermatology consultations (December 2023-February 2024) with ChatGPT-4's performance in image descriptions and diagnoses.
Cost-Utility Analysis of Teledermatology Units in Primary Care Centers Versus Face-to-Face Dermatology Consultations in the Hospital.
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Health Services Research Unit, Foundation for the Promotion of Health and Biomedical Research of Valencia Region (FISABIO), Valencia, Spain.
Objective: To perform an economic evaluation to determine whether or not teledermatology (TD) units in primary care (PC) centers offer an alternative in terms of cost-utility and cost per quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) to conventional dermatology consultations (face-to-face dermatology [F-F/D]) at the hospital from the perspective of the Public Health System (PHS) and the patients.
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Teledermatology: an evidence map of systematic reviews.
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Family Medicine and Primary Care, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
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- The review highlights the growing field of teledermatology research but notes significant gaps and variable depth in the evidence, which can inform clinicians and guide future research.* -
- Conducted according to established guidelines, the analysis included 14 systematic reviews from various databases, focusing on their characteristics, conditions studied, and the quality of the evidence.* -
- Findings indicate that teledermatology is generally comparable to traditional clinic dermatology and is well-received by patients, although issues like privacy, communication, and longer consultation times for healthcare professionals were noted.*
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- Teledermatology offers a cost-effective solution for patients with limited access to dermatological care, needing assessment of its optimization in safety-net hospitals.
- A study reviewed 1502 e-consultations over two years, involving a diverse patient group, with a significant portion being Medicaid recipients and Black or African American individuals.
- Results indicated that most patients were managed via e-consultation without needing in-person visits, although children and those with specific complaints like hair loss required more face-to-face evaluations.
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