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Digital Skin Care: Top 8 Dermatology Apps

The Medical Futurist

Self-surveillance solutions, disease guides, educational apps as well as telehealth platforms appeared naturally in dermatology in the past decade. (*There are widely varying figures, ranging from 66% to 90% depending on the source of information.) In 2013, only 56 percent of Americans owned a smartphone, which climbed to around 90% by now.

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Rural Communities Need Help to Improve Access to Health Care

Physicians News Digest

Finally, ACP says that appropriate exceptions should be made to licensure requirements for interstate care, in order to ensure access to telehealth services in underserved areas. ACP membership includes 161,000 internal medicine physicians, related subspecialists, and medical students.

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Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Board Meeting Summary | Spring 2025

ABIM

Johnson, MD, FACP, FIDSA , Senior Vice President for Academic and Medical Affairs at ABIM, led a discussion with the Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Board on community practice in the specialty to create a more inclusive understanding of its role and scope.