Korean J Dermatol.  2013 Jan;51(1):8-12.

Telemedicine of Skin Diseases in Ulleung Island

• Kim SA
• Cho JW
• Lee KS

Abstract

BACKGROUND
Telemedicine can be useful in dermatology on Ulleung island which is 217 km away from Pohang and without dermatologists.
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this study is to measure the effectiveness of telemedicine in treating skin diseases on Ulleung island.
METHODS
33 patients on Ulleung island were examined by a fullmotion real-time video by one dermatologist in a Dongsan hospital of Keimyung University once a week. From June 2011 to June 2012, there have been 53 treatments of telemedicine in 33 patients.
RESULTS
14 diseases were found in 33 patients. The most common disease group was infectious skin disease and eczema in 9 patients. In addition, there were other skin diseases such as acne vulgaris, allergic contact dermatitis, prurigo nodularis, lichen simplex chronicus, malignant melanoma, seborrheic dermatitis, polymorphous light eruption and so on.
CONCLUSION
Dermatology favors telemedicine because we had investigated its value and possibilities by clinical experience of telemedicine between Ulleung island and Dongsan medical center in Daegu.

Keyword

Skin; Telemedicine; Ulleung

MeSH Terms

Acne Vulgaris
Dermatitis, Allergic Contact
Dermatitis, Seborrheic
Dermatology
Eczema
Humans
Light
Melanoma
Methylmethacrylates
Neurodermatitis
Polystyrenes
Prurigo
Skin
Skin Diseases
Skin Diseases, Infectious
Telemedicine
Methylmethacrylates
Polystyrenes