{"id":2254,"date":"2016-05-09T23:18:16","date_gmt":"2016-05-09T23:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/directderm.com\/?p=2254"},"modified":"2017-06-01T19:19:03","modified_gmt":"2017-06-01T19:19:03","slug":"study-says-virtual-dermatology-helps-bridge-the-gap-to-specialized-skin-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.directderm.com\/es\/study-says-virtual-dermatology-helps-bridge-the-gap-to-specialized-skin-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Un estudio dice que la dermatolog\u00eda virtual ayuda a cerrar la brecha al cuidado especializado de la piel"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"201605-directderm-JAMA-bridge-the-gap\"The number of patients who received care from a dermatologist nearly doubled when DirectDerm\u2019s<\/strong> \u201cvirtual dermatology\u201d services were offered. And among those newly enrolled in the Health Plan under the Affordable Care Act, 75 percent of those who received dermatology care, received it virtually \u2013 through DirectDerm<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

A study in a prestigious medical journal, JAMA Dermatology, appears to confirm something we\u2019ve been talking about for a long time: For people who have little or no access to a dermatologist, DirectDerm<\/strong>\u2019s teledermatology service can make specialized skin care more readily available.<\/p>\n

We weren\u2019t involved in the study<\/a>, but DirectDerm<\/strong> was its focus \u2013 specifically, our collaboration with Health Plan of San Joaquin, a California managed care plan that wanted to make it easier for patients covered by Medicaid (known as Medi-Cal in California) to obtain dermatologic care.<\/p>\n

According to independent researchers at RAND Corporation and Harvard Medical School\u2019s Department of Health, this goal was reached: The number of patients who received care from a dermatologist nearly doubled when DirectDerm\u2019s<\/strong> \u201cvirtual dermatology\u201d services were offered. And among those newly enrolled in the Health Plan under the Affordable Care Act, 75 percent of those who received dermatology care, received it virtually \u2013 through DirectDerm<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not uncommon for patients covered by Medicaid to have little access to dermatologists, but there are many other factors that can put specialized care out of reach. Because of a national shortage of dermatologists, patients in urban areas may have to wait two months or more to be seen; wait lists in rural regions often start at six months.<\/p>\n

Anyone with an itchy rash, painful sore or worrisome spot or mole knows this is far too long to scratch, experiment with lotions and creams, and wonder and worry.<\/p>\n

You can access DirectDerm<\/strong> from virtually anywhere at any time. Within 48 hours and often less, you receive a diagnosis and treatment recommendations, which may include over-the-counter medications, prescription drugs or both. And we work with local primary care physicians and dermatologists as part of a full network of care.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re always here for your skin health,<\/p>\n

David Wong, MD, PhD, CEO<\/p>\n

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David Wong<\/h3>\n

CEO and Co-Founder of DirectDerm<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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El n\u00famero de pacientes que recibieron atenci\u00f3n de un dermat\u00f3logo casi se duplic\u00f3 cuando se ofrecieron los servicios de "dermatolog\u00eda virtual" de DirectDerm. <\/p>","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":2255,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"

\"201605-directderm-JAMA-bridge-the-gap\"The number of patients who received care from a dermatologist nearly doubled when DirectDerm\u2019s<\/strong> \u201cvirtual dermatology\u201d services were offered. And among those newly enrolled in the Health Plan under the Affordable Care Act, 75 percent of those who received dermatology care, received it virtually \u2013 through DirectDerm<\/strong>.<\/p>

A study in a prestigious medical journal, JAMA Dermatology, appears to confirm something we\u2019ve been talking about for a long time: For people who have little or no access to a dermatologist, DirectDerm<\/strong>\u2019s teledermatology service can make specialized skin care more readily available.<\/p>

We weren\u2019t involved in the study<\/a>, but DirectDerm<\/strong> was its focus \u2013 specifically, our collaboration with Health Plan of San Joaquin, a California managed care plan that wanted to make it easier for patients covered by Medicaid (known as Medi-Cal in California) to obtain dermatologic care.<\/p>

According to independent researchers at RAND Corporation and Harvard Medical School\u2019s Department of Health, this goal was reached: The number of patients who received care from a dermatologist nearly doubled when DirectDerm\u2019s<\/strong> \u201cvirtual dermatology\u201d services were offered. And among those newly enrolled in the Health Plan under the Affordable Care Act, 75 percent of those who received dermatology care, received it virtually \u2013 through DirectDerm<\/strong>.<\/p>

It\u2019s not uncommon for patients covered by Medicaid to have little access to dermatologists, but there are many other factors that can put specialized care out of reach. Because of a national shortage of dermatologists, patients in urban areas may have to wait two months or more to be seen; wait lists in rural regions often start at six months.<\/p>

Anyone with an itchy rash, painful sore or worrisome spot or mole knows this is far too long to scratch, experiment with lotions and creams, and wonder and worry.<\/p>

You can access DirectDerm<\/strong> from virtually anywhere at any time. Within 48 hours and often less, you receive a diagnosis and treatment recommendations, which may include over-the-counter medications, prescription drugs or both. And we work with local primary care physicians and dermatologists as part of a full network of care.<\/p>

We\u2019re always here for your skin health,<\/p>

David Wong, MD, PhD, CEO<\/p>","_et_gb_content_width":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-dermatology-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.directderm.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.directderm.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.directderm.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.directderm.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.directderm.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.directderm.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2254\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.directderm.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.directderm.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.directderm.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.directderm.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}