Teledermatology and Severity of Pressure Ulcers

Limitations

The authors' teledermatology system is incomplete, especially in the area of security of patients' information and privacy. This teledermatology project was performed with good intentions, and patients' images were kept exclusively on the computer at the National Hospital Organization Nagasaki Medical Center; however, the authors did correspond with patients via regular email without a special password or encryption. Moving forward, the authors plan to improve upon this deficit in security.