A prototype of simple image database system for dermatological clinics

Electronic health record systems are gradually coming into use at large hospitals, but are not yet implemented at clinics. This is due to both expensive costs and a lack of interest in checking electronic health records on the part of patients. And doctors also do not want to show patients their health records, as it then may require a doctor to let patients observe images to check for improvement of symptoms at follow-up. In this paper, we propose a simple web based database system of affected part images that both doctors and patients can check. In the prototype system, doctors can photograph affected part areas and tagging keywords such as patient's ID, patient's name, affected part name and prescription. The system is implemented on smartphone and tablet for both doctors and patients quickly and easily use during medical examination in the clinic.