teledermatology

It also intends to triple its consumer base.

The Indian derma startup is also working to optimise its platform.

The company will use the funding to expand its teledermatology services and 600 specialists in the DACH region.

Europe is bracing itself for the second heatwave to hit this summer, but is there a marketplace for digital tools helping people protect their skin?

The city of São Paolo put machine learning to work to combat a specialist shortage.

Alexander Börve’s company FirstDerm offers online consultations with board-certified dermatologists and a free product that uses AI to give users ideas about what their skin condition might be.

Patients are overwhelmingly satisfied with dermatology consults via Google Glass, even preferring them to consultations over the phone, according to a feasibility study recently published in JAMA dermatology.

San Francisco-based direct-to-consumer remote dermatology care service Spruce has raised $15 million from Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield and Byers, Google Ventures, Baseline Ventures, and Cowboy Ventures.

Teledermatology referrals that use a smartphone with an attached dermoscope allowed dermatologists to manage their patients faster and more efficiently than by traditional paper referrals, according to a paper published in medical journal Acta Dermato-Venereologica.