Teledermatology and in-person examinations - A comparison of patient and physician perceptions and diagnostic agreement

Objective: To compare physician and patient impressions and interphysician diagnostic agreement between live teledermatology and in-person examinations. Design: Paired video and in-person examinations with different dermatologists. Setting: An urban Veterans Affairs dermatology clinic. Patients: One hundred thirty-nine patients. Main Outcome Measures: Satisfaction questionnaires and interphysician diagnostic agreement. Results: Patient and physician satisfaction was high. Agreement between video and in-person diagnoses was 80%. Conclusions: Physicians and patients were satisfied with teledermatology examinations. Diagnostic agreement between in-person and video dermatologists was high.