Telemedicine is a rapidly developing application of clinical medicine where medical information is transferred through interactive\r\naudiovisual media for the purpose of consulting remote medical procedures or examinations, reducing the time of consultation\r\nfor patients. Teledermatology as an application of telemedicine was developed in 1995: it turns out to be a gradually more ordinary\r\nmean of delivering dermatologic healthcare worldwide and will almost certainly have a greater medical function in the future. In\r\nparticular, teledermatology can aid in the prevention and diagnosis of nonmelanoma and melanoma skin cancer; telemedicine\r\nand teledermatology offer the opportunity to make available consultations with experts also by long distance. Overall, patients\r\nseem to accept teledermatology, considering it as an excellent mean to obtain healthcare, particularly in those areas with no\r\nexpert dermatologists available. Clinicians have also generally reported affirmative experiences with teledermatology in the skin\r\ncancer field. Further studies focusing on cost effectiveness, patient outcomes, and patient and clinician satisfaction will facilitate to\r\ndelineate the potential of teledermatology as a mean of prevention and diagnosis of nonmelanoma and melanoma skin cancer.
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