First Derm’s front-end developer, Rodrigo Cárcamo, is also a medical student at the Universidad Austral de Chile in South America
First Derm Welcomes Bitcoin
The team at First Derm is delighted to announce that in the latest version of our app, users can pay with Bitcoin. We are the first ever health app to integrate Bitcoin as an in-app payment option. In partnership with BitPay, you can now use a mobile Bitcoin wallet...
New study finds that teledermatology improves outcomes for skin cancer patients
First Derm’s founder, Dr. Alexander Börve, authored a teledermatology study that should change the way skin cancer patients are triaged worldwide. With 1,562 participants, this is the largest study of its kind to date. In the study, participants were seen in...
6 Triage Apps that Are Changing Health Care Delivery
Telehealth connects patients with physicians and nurses when they need answers to medical questions, wherever they are. Given the speed of innovation, many Americans aren’t sure what telehealth is, how it will impact their lives, and are hesitant to accept the advice...
Why college students are switching to telehealth
Finding the perfect time for a doctor’s appointment amid classes, working and studying isn’t easy. Telehealth — a system for connecting patients and doctors through phones and Internet — would be an easy, low-cost option for college students seeking to save...
mHealth increases access to care
In the United States, there’s a shortage of primary care physicians (PCPs) and an uneven geographic distribution of those physicians across the country. The average wait time to see a physician in the United States, according to Merritt Hawkins, is 18.5 days. If you...
Telehealth connects patients with medical professionals, wherever they are
Telehealth adoption is gaining traction: insurance companies are starting to cover it, and physicians and developers are getting excited about its possibilities. Studies show that telehealth will expand 25-fold, to connect 19 million patients to professional...
