Increasing referrals to secondary care, lengthy waiting times and cost pressures place a burden upon the effective provision of dermatology services. Since 2006, Vantage Diagnostics has been committed to researching, understanding and meeting these challenges. Providing clinicians with rapid access to dermatologist advice Vantage Teledermatology (VTD) improves care, optimises resources and enables recurrent financial savings.

VTD includes an advanced, secure web-based system that is hosted on the N3 network and integrates with NHS clinical software. The system allows stakeholders to efficiently share, manage and control dermatology referrals.

Share

Clinicians may capture photographs of dermatological conditions using high quality digital imaging equipment. These images may be referred electronically along with relevant patient history to a consultant dermatologist. Photographs of conditions from different intervals may also be captured, stored and compared over time.

Manage

With a view of resources and capability available to the referring clinician, a consultant may accesses the system, offer a management plan and rapidly advise whether a patient will be most appropriately treated within primary care or at a local hospital. Reporting dermatologists are also able to share cases to department colleagues or other specialists for a second opinion.

Control

A real-time online activity module (V-ROAM) ensures stakeholders access to performance analysis, referral recommendations and feedback data. Highly customisable, V-ROAM helps identify areas where the service may be optimised and whether additional training should be provided.

Additional VTD features include:

•  Instant Image Transfer (IIT)

•  ICD coding

•  Feedback module

•  Clinical Audit module

•  Educational module