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Development of a digital tool for home-based monitoring of skin disease for older adults. Skin health and disease van Egmond, S., Cai, Z. R., Nava, V., Joy de Vere Hunt, I., Rapaport, B. R., Ko, J., Chiou, A. S., Sarin, K., Tang, J., Zhang, L., Linos, E. 2023; 3 (5): e235

Abstract

We developed a digital tool for home-based monitoring of skin disease, our digital tool. In the current observational pilot study, we found that DORA is feasible to use in practice, as it has a high patient compliance, retention and satisfaction. Clinicans rated the photos generally good quality or perfect quality. These results show that the digital health tool DORA can easily be used by patients to send photos to their dermatologist, which could reduce unnecessary clinical visits. It may also be used in other settings where digital literacy barriers and unequal access to dermatologists contribute to healthcare disparities.

View details for DOI 10.1002/ski2.235

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