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Register: ISRCTN
Last refreshed on: 13 January 2015
Main ID:  ISRCTN57478950
Date of registration: 20/12/2005
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: KSYOS Health Management Research BV (The Netherlands)
Public title: Primary care Electronic Referrals: Focus on Efficient Consultation using Telemedicine in Dermatology
Scientific title: A multicentre cluster randomised controlled trial (RCT) on primary care electronic referrals: focus on efficient consultation using telemedicine in dermatology
Date of first enrolment: 01/12/2003
Target sample size: 1000
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://isrctn.com/ISRCTN57478950
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Multicentre, randomised, single blinded active controlled parallel group, two arms (Prevention)  
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Countries of recruitment
Netherlands
Contacts
Name: N.    Eminovic
Address:  Academic Medical Centre Amsterdam Department of Clinical Information Science Meibergdreef 9, J1b 113-2 1105 AZ Amsterdam Netherlands
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Email: n.eminovic@amc.uva.nl
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Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. GPs who have a computer with an Internet connection
2. Patients who have a skin condition for which a GP refers the patient to a dermatologist

Exclusion criteria: 1. GPs who are using or used teledermatology for more than once in the past year
2. Patients with urgent conditions requiring a consultation the same or next day are excluded


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Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Skin complaints
Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases
Skin complaints
Intervention(s)
Semi-structured electronic referral form supported by digital images of skin condition with the possibility to ask a dermatologist for an advice on treatment/investigations prior to the consultation.
Primary Outcome(s)
Proportion of preventable referrals.
Secondary Outcome(s)
1. Diagnostic accuracy
2. Delay in treatment
3. Patient satisfaction with care (PSQ III)
4. Learning effect GP?s
5. Costs
Secondary ID(s)
NTR254
Source(s) of Monetary Support
The Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development (ZonMw) (The Netherlands)
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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