title: [Telemedicine in dermatological practice: teledermatology].
abstract: Technological advances in the fields of information and telecommunication technologies have affected the health care system in the last decades, and lead to the emergence of a new discipline: telemedicine. The appearance and rise of internet and smart phones induced a rapid progression in telemedicine. Several new applications and mobile devices are published every hour even for medical purposes. Parallel to these changes in the technical fields, medical literature about telemedicine has grown rapidly. Due to its visual nature, dermatology is ideally suited to benefit from this new technology and teledermatology became one of the most dynamically evolving fields of telemedicine by now. Teledermatology is not routinely practiced in Hungary yet, however, it promises the health care system to become better, cheaper and faster, but we have to take notice on the experience and problems faced in teledermatologic applications so far, summarized in this review.
authors.affiliation: Bőrgyógyászati és Allergológiai Klinika, Szegedi Tudományegyetem, Általános Orvostudományi Kar Szeged, Korányi fasor 6., 6720.
authors.forename: Judit
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Danis
authors.affiliation: Orvosi Fizikai és Orvosi Informatikai Intézet, Szegedi Tudományegyetem, Általános Orvostudományi Kar Szeged.
authors.forename: Erzsébet
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Forczek
authors.affiliation: Orvosi Fizikai és Orvosi Informatikai Intézet, Szegedi Tudományegyetem, Általános Orvostudományi Kar Szeged.
authors.forename: Ferenc
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bari
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003880:Dermatology / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D006814:Hungary; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D000068997:Smartphone; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends
keywords: bőrgyógyászat; dermatology; mobile application; mobiltelefon-alkalmazás; okostelefon; smart phone; telemedicina; telemedicine