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Arch Dermatol. 2004;140:477-478.

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In this issue of the Archives of Dermatology, Scheinfeld¹ describes in a succinct and coherent manner some of the legal issues surrounding our growing use of digital photography. It is this storage and potential manipulation of digital photographs that has led to the growing interest and increasing concerns associated with the field of telemedicine. Teledermatology, that aspect of telemedicine that involves dermatology, brings with it a host of legal issues. Some of these problems surround the use of such images as legal evidence in a court of law. However, of potentially greater concern to our patients is the preservation of confidentiality of such digital photographs in the era of teledermatology.

Telemedicine by definition is the use of a remote electronic clinical consultation. Major developments in early telemedicine were first made by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Beginning in the 1960s, while space missions were in progress, the agency . . . [Full Text of this Article]

David J. Goldberg, MD, JD
Skin Laser & Surgery Specialists of NY/NJ
20 Prospect Ave, Suite 702
Hackensack, NJ 07601
(e-mail: drdavidgoldberg@skinandlasers.com)

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