Mick Ibbotson wrote:
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> A GP college asked me about using a video camera to send stills / pictures
> of lesions to the specialist at the local hospital. Is anyone doing this or
> anything similar?
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> Any help gratefully received as always :)
>
> Mick
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> I sometimes use a Polaroid, which produces reasonable quality pictures at
a price, and is very useful for occasions when a) a rash is difficult to
diagnose and intermittent, therefore may not be present at a consultant
appointment and b) when I am not sure how urgent or important the problem
is and I dont want to waste an urgent appointment if the rash is obvious
to a specialist.
Unfortunately in General Practice, innovation generally carries
financial penalties if you want to improve the quality of the service, so
being non fundholders we have not carried this any further.
Bern
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