TELEDERMATOLOGY
SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP
Store and Forward Teledermatology Template
Guidelines for Referring Physicians
The fields
in red type are "mandatory fields"
and the black are "optional."
1. General
a.
Date (dd/mm/yyyy) - [default to Today's date]
b. Consult ID [ automatically generated based on site and
sequence of consults]
2. Patient
information [If the system is linked to an existing legacy
system, it would ideally pull all the below information from
the electronic system and populate the data below into the
consult]
a.
Patient's Last Name
b. Patient's First Name
c. Patient's MI
d. Patient's Date of birth
e. Patient's Phone #
f. Patient's Address
g. Unique Patient Identifier (e.g.
SSN)
h. Insurance information [free text, may require multiple
fields based on billing requirements of the organization]
i. Sex {M/F}
j. Ethnicity {Cau, Blk, Asian, etc}
3. Referring
Physician's information [All physicians should be registered
with below information is automatically attached to the consult]
a.
Referring Physician name [Last name, first name]
b. Referring Physician ID
c. Referring Physician's Location/Site
d. Referring Physician's Phone #
e. Referring Physician' Fax #
f. Referring Physician's Email
a.
Reason for Consultation {Pull down choices: Diagnosis, Second
Opinion,
Recommendation for Treatment, Other (type in option)}
b. Patient's Chief Complaint {rash, growth, acne, nail, hair,
other(type in option)}
c. Location(s) (free text or graphic image for point and click)
d. Duration {free text or pull down options to include "since
birth"}
e. Chronicity {pulldown menu -intermittent, persistent, other(free
text)}
f. Associated signs and symptoms {Pull down menu -Pruritus,
Tenderness, Burning, other (type in option)}
g. Palliative factors (free text)
h. Exacerbating factors (free text)
i. Number of Images (integers)
j. PMHx (defaults to non contributory unless information is
typed in as free text)
k. PSHx (defaults to non contributory unless information is
typed in as free text)
l. Fam Hx (defaults to non contributory unless information
is typed in as free text)
m. ROS (defaults to non contributory unless information is
typed in as free text)
n. Medications (Defaults to None unless
Free text is typed in )
o. Allergies (Defaults to NKDA unless text is typed in)
p. Biopsy results/ Laboratory data (Free text)
q. Provisional(Your) Diagnosis (Free
text)
r. Specific Questions (Free text)
ATA
Special Interest Groups
(SIG's)
If you are interested
in participating in the Teledermatology Special Interest Group simply
contact the chair of the SIG or email ATA at membership@americantelemed.org
or call ATA at 202.223.3333.
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