The value proposition of full-scale teledermatology to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of the dermatology referral pathway is evidenced in the literature. Teledermatology, although planned, was not implemented as part of the South African government’s 1999 National Telemedicine Programme. In 2003 the public health sector of one of the country’s nine provinces, KwaZulu-Natal, began synchronous teledermatology, followed by spontaneous mobile teledermatology in 2013. Since that time no scale-up has been planned. This paper establishes design requirements that will inform the identification or development of a teledermatology scale-up framework.
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Walters, L.E.M., Scott, R.E. and Mars, M. 2017. Design requirements for a teledermatology scale-up framework. HISA 2017 at eHEALTHAfro 2017, Johannesburg, South Africa, 02-04 October 2017
Walters, L. E., Scott, R., & Mars, M. (2017). Design requirements for a teledermatology scale-up framework. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10335
Walters, Laticha EM, RE Scott, and M Mars. "Design requirements for a teledermatology scale-up framework." (2017): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10335
Walters LE, Scott R, Mars M, Design requirements for a teledermatology scale-up framework; 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10335 .