Telehealth: a broad variety of technologies and tactics to deliver virtual medical, health, and education services.
Teledermatology: dermatology at a distance — can be mobile, web-based, use proprietary software, and at its simplest includes a telephone conversation.
Telederm(at)oscopy: derm(at)oscopy at a distance.
High Suspicion of Cancer: Ministry term used by DHBs to track referrals that have been tagged as suspicious of invasive melanoma.
First Specialist Appointment: Ministry term used by DHBs to identify the appointment that follows a new referral.
Digital images
Digital derm(at)oscopy: derm(at)oscopic images, ie, computer files Media metadata include:
File size (number of megabytes)
File format (eg JPEG file)
Resolution (the number of pixels per inch)
Colour depth (the number of colours the software uses)
