Teledermatology in China: History, Current Status, and the Next Step.

Telemedicine, as defined by the World Health Organization, is the use of communication technologies in healthcare for the exchange of medical information for diagnosis, treatment, prevention, research, evaluation, and education over a distance (World Health Organization, 1998). Since the 1990s, with the rapid development of modern communication technology, telemedicine, which can be used by almost all medical specialties, has likely entered its "golden age," However, some of the more visual medical specialties may be more suitable, such as teleradiology, telepathology, and teledermatology.