Clinician and patient perspectives on implementation of a remote interpretation model of reflectance confocal microscopy for skin cancer diagnosis: a qualitative study using an acceptability framework
Remote interpretation of cutaneous/reflectance confocal microscopy (RCM) is an innovative and acceptable means to increase access to the noninvasive diagnostic technology; however, implementation and acceptability is reliant on several key factors. These are the ability of remote RCM to generate meaningful data for remote interpretation, technological connectivity, cultural and infrastructure supports, and individual capabilities and motivation to use the innovation.
Authors
- Andrea L. Smith (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9194-4888)
- Anne Elizabeth Cust (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5331-6370)
- Rhonda L. Harvey
- Ucalene Harris (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7845-7460)
- Christopher Chew (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2766-9607)
- Hsien Herbert Chan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0915-6867)
- James Koutsis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0380-3127)
- H. Peter Soyer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4770-561X)
- Cheng Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1622-4784)
- Manu Jain (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1534-5629)
- Linda K. Martin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9519-7077)
- Ken Hiu‐Kan Ip (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6487-7982)
- Christoph Sinz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5589-1865)
- Victoria Mar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9423-3435)
- Helena Collgros (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1475-0668)
- Pascale Guitera (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9519-110X)
- Hannah Gribbin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0624-2441)
- Bruna Melhoranse Gouveia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6322-5675)
- Genevieve Ho (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3769-8951)
- Bruna Gallo
- Rodrigo Schwartz-Aldea
Institutions
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (AU)
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- Melanoma Institute Australia (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- British Journal of Dermatology
- Published
- 2025-10-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/bjd/ljaf348
- Primary Topic
- Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- University of Warwick
- University of New South Wales
- Melanoma Institute Australia
- National Health and Medical Research Council