Dermatological Emergency Clinical Trial
Official title:
Application of Telemedicine for Dermatological Emergency Patients
After admission to the emergency room each dermatological patient is routinely assessed to
Manchester Triage System (MTS) by the nursing staff. Thereby data are collected for anamnesis
followed by randomization in two equal study groups.
Patients of group A (control group) wait routinely until the dermatological investigator in
charge arrives at the emergency room. Once the dermatological investigator is on site, he
gives a diagnosis and proposes a therapy.
For Patients of group B (teledermatology) study-related photographs of the skin lesion and
anamnesis data are uploaded to the hospital information system "medico". Those data can
directly be processed by the dermatological investigator in charge who enters his diagnosis
and his therapy proposal.
Subsequently an internal control is carried out as the same investigator comes personally to
the emergency room to check its telemedical diagnosis and therapy proposal.
Finally both time periods patients have to wait in the emergency room for their diagnosis and
therapy are compared with each other.
After admission to the emergency room each dermatological patient is routinely assessed to
Manchester Triage System (MTS) by the nursing staff. Thereby data are collected for anamnesis
(duration of symptoms, allergies, self-medication, medical history) followed by randomization
in two equal study groups.
Patients of group A (control group) wait routinely until the dermatological investigator in
charge arrives at the emergency room. Once the dermatological investigator is on site, he
gives a diagnosis and proposes a therapy.
Time is measured from the patients admission to the emergency room up to the personnel
diagnosis and therapy by the dermatological investigator in charge.
For Patients of group B (teledermatology) first of all study-related photographs of the skin
lesions are taken with a tablet. After that the registration of the consult "teledermatology"
is carried out by the emergency investigator in charge, who uploads the photographs as well
as the data for anamnesis to the hospital information system "medico". The consult
"teledermatology" can directly be processed by the dermatological investigator in charge who
enters his diagnosis and his therapy proposal.
Time is measured from admission to the emergency room up to the telemedical diagnosis and
therapy by the dermatological investigator in charge.
Subsequently an internal control is carried out as the same investigator comes personally to
the emergency room to check its telemedical diagnosis and therapy proposal.
Finally both time measurements are compared with each other.
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