Worcester health centers piloting $900K telemedicine program
Antonia McGuire, president and CEO of the Edward M. Kennedy Community Health Center.
The Edward M. Kennedy Community Health Center and the Family Health Center of Worcester are two of seven Massachusetts community health centers sharing a $900,000 pilot for a skin-screening technology that has shown it can be effective in reducing the number of visits to the dermatologist.
The health centers will use a technology created by Boston-based 3derm to take a picture of a patient’s skin condition, and then transmit that photo to a dermatologist, who can determine whether or not an appointment is necessary, according to Antonia McGuire, president and CEO of the Kennedy CHC.
A study conducted by the practice of UMass Memorial Health Care doctor Thomas Scornavacca Jr. found 3derm’s technology was just as effective at diagnosing skin conditions as was an in-person visit to the dermatologist.
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