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A CLOSE‐UP guide to capturing clinical images
Author(s) -
Abbott Lisa M.,
Soyer H. Peter
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
australasian journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.67
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1440-0960
pISSN - 0004-8380
DOI - 10.1111/ajd.13330
Subject(s) - medicine , telemedicine , context (archaeology) , acronym , receipt , pandemic , process (computing) , medical education , quality (philosophy) , medical emergency , covid-19 , clinical practice , medical physics , nursing , pathology , health care , computer science , world wide web , paleontology , linguistics , philosophy , disease , epistemology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , economics , biology , economic growth , operating system
Telemedicine is rapidly becoming ubiquitous as the medical profession adjusts its practice to provide optimal care to patients in the context of the COVID19 pandemic. The ability to provide accurate dermatological advice via telemedicine is dependent on the receipt of high‐quality clinical images and accurate clinical context, on which clinicians receive little education during medical school and subsequent training. Clinicians can improve their capture, delivery and storage of images using the CLOSE‐UP acronym, which encapsulates important considerations in the clinical photography process.