Walters, Laticha EMScott, REMars, M2018-03-292018-03-292017-12Walters, L.E.M., Scott, R.E. and Mars, M. 2017. The development of an evidence-based teledermatology scale-up framework and roadmap. 22nd International Conference on Telemedicine and eHealth, Casablanca, Morocco, 6-8 December 2017http://www.msfteh.org/mehealth2017/technical-program/http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10158Presentation delivered during the 22nd International Conference on Telemedicine and eHealth, Casablanca, Morocco, 06-08 December 2017The objectives of South Africa's (SA) ehealth strategy recognise the value proposition that telemedicine holds for rural and urban referrals, but a lack of accepted and formalized scale-up implementation and financial planning has impeded unlocking these benefits. Because HIV/AIDS remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality in South Africa, and because skin pathology is often the first sign of an HIV/AIDS infection, swift, organised, and efficacious dermatology referral is essential. While there are examples of teledermatology, both synchronous and asynchronous, in South Africa’s public health system these remain localised and have not been widely implemented or scaled-up and have not realised the intended telemedicine objectives. This has placed the public health system at a disadvantage in making the dermatology referral pathway neither effective nor efficient. This paper presents the development of an evidenced-based Teledermatology Scale-up Framework (TDSF) and supporting roadmap to assist with ensuring sustainable scale-up.enDesign science research modelScale-up frameworkTeledermatologyConference PresentationWalters, L. E., Scott, R., & Mars, M. (2017). The development of an evidence-based teledermatology scale-up framework and roadmap. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10158Walters, Laticha EM, RE Scott, and M Mars. "The development of an evidence-based teledermatology scale-up framework and roadmap." (2017): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10158Walters LE, Scott R, Mars M, The development of an evidence-based teledermatology scale-up framework and roadmap; 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10158 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Walters, Laticha EM AU - Scott, RE AU - Mars, M AB - The objectives of South Africa's (SA) ehealth strategy recognise the value proposition that telemedicine holds for rural and urban referrals, but a lack of accepted and formalized scale-up implementation and financial planning has impeded unlocking these benefits. Because HIV/AIDS remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality in South Africa, and because skin pathology is often the first sign of an HIV/AIDS infection, swift, organised, and efficacious dermatology referral is essential. While there are examples of teledermatology, both synchronous and asynchronous, in South Africa’s public health system these remain localised and have not been widely implemented or scaled-up and have not realised the intended telemedicine objectives. This has placed the public health system at a disadvantage in making the dermatology referral pathway neither effective nor efficient. This paper presents the development of an evidenced-based Teledermatology Scale-up Framework (TDSF) and supporting roadmap to assist with ensuring sustainable scale-up. DA - 2017-12 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Design science research model KW - Scale-up framework KW - Teledermatology LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2017 T1 - The development of an evidence-based teledermatology scale-up framework and roadmap TI - The development of an evidence-based teledermatology scale-up framework and roadmap UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10158 ER -