{"id":24993,"date":"2021-03-20T11:57:21","date_gmt":"2021-03-20T10:57:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/english\/?p=24993"},"modified":"2021-03-20T11:57:21","modified_gmt":"2021-03-20T10:57:21","slug":"teledermatology-at-semmelweis-university-turns-one-year-old","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/english\/2021\/03\/teledermatology-at-semmelweis-university-turns-one-year-old\/","title":{"rendered":"Teledermatology at Semmelweis University turns one year old"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Dermatooncology of Semmelweis University has treated more than 12,000 cases over the past year through a phone application available since the teledermatology service started. The department introduced this new service to reduce doctor-patient meetings as much as possible during the pandemic, while still allowing patients to get the necessary diagnosis and dermatology consultation online.<\/div>\n

\"\"Over the past year, 10,000 patients used the online consultation service in more than 12,000 cases, by describing their skin problems in writing and sharing five photos with the department\u2019s specialists.<\/p>\n

Dr. Mikl\u00f3s S\u00e1rdy, director of the Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Dermatooncology, shared the experiences of the past year, noting that the initiative was very well-received, as it is a relief for many patients that they do not have to attend a consultation in person during the pandemic, while they still receive a diagnosis quickly, as well as the necessary treatment and electronic prescription, in as little as a few hours.<\/p>\n

In some cases, even incapacitated patients were able to receive treatment, with the help of their relatives; in their case it is especially important that they did have to be transported to the department in an ambulance. If a patient is unable to provide their data themselves, they can designate a representative who can do it for them, thus allowing family members to help the process.<\/p>\n

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The department head said that teledermatology worked very quickly and simply in the case of general skin problems \u2013 such as hand eczema, poison ivy rash, warts or fungal diseases \u2013, but in the case of skin cancer or mole examinations that require more complex treatment, this new form of care could not replace in-person visits.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Dr. Mikl\u00f3s S\u00e1rdy also noted that the teledermatology system functioned so smoothly thank to the necessary IT background, including the supporting software developed by MedInnoScan Kft in collaboration with Semmelweis University, as well as the electronic health care service platform (EESZT) that handles e-prescriptions. The department plans to continue the teledermatology service even after the current pandemic ends.<\/p>\n

Orsolya D\u00e1vid
\nTranslation: Tam\u00e1s Deme
\nPhoto: Attila Kov\u00e1cs \u2013 Semmelweis University<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

10,000 patients used the teledermatology service in the past year, available through a mobile app.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":101535,"featured_media":24950,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[129,2],"tags":[196],"class_list":["post-24993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","category-news","tag-covid-patient-care"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/101535"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24993"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24993\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24995,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24993\/revisions\/24995"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}