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WhatsApp: a telemedicine platform for facilitating remote oral medicine consultation and improving clinical examinations—a commentary
Accepted Manuscript WhatsApp: A telemedicine platform for facilitating remote oral medicine consultation and improving clinical examinations – A commentary Kalyana Chakravarthy Pentapati, Smriti Komal, Srikanth Gadicherla PII:
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DOI:
10.1016/j.oooo.2015.12.015
Reference:
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To appear in:
Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology
Received Date: 21 December 2015 Accepted Date: 23 December 2015
Please cite this article as: Pentapati KC, Komal S, Gadicherla S, WhatsApp: A telemedicine platform for facilitating remote oral medicine consultation and improving clinical examinations – A commentary, Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology (2016), doi: 10.1016/j.oooo.2015.12.015. This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain.
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WhatsApp: A telemedicine platform for facilitating remote oral medicine consultation and improving clinical examinations – A commentary
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Pentapati Kalyana Chakravarthy1 Associate Professor, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Manipal University, Manipal. Komal Smriti2
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Assitant Professor, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Manipal University, Manipal.
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Gadicherla Srikanth3
Associate Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Manipal University, Manipal. Corresponding author: Pentapati Kalyana Chakravarthy1 Department of Public Health Dentistry,
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Manipal College of Dental Sciences,
Manipal University, Manipal - 576104 Karnataka - India
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Ph: +91-9916036303
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Email: [email protected]
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WhatsApp: A telemedicine platform for facilitating remote oral medicine consultation and improving clinical examinations – A commentary
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We congratulate the authors for their commendable work on telemedicine systems. It is an innovative study where the authors used information technology to diagnose various lesions of oral cavity. The authors also discussed studies done in an oral medicine setting and their
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limitations.1 The authors reported agreement values between the authors and the techniques used whereas Kappa statistic would have been more appropriate in this context. Kappa statistic is
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based on the difference between observed and expected agreement. Kappa can be seriously affected by the low prevalence of the condition but still can provide more information than measures of agreement alone.2
A note of various devices used by examiners was highlighted but it would have been
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more meaningful if the authors would have reported the various gadgets that have been used to capture the images. Also, a note on intra-oral site wise agreement and Kappa statistic would have added more information to the manuscript. Probably, authors could have added a note on various
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applications that are similar to Whatsapp (Hike, Telegram) which also can be used for data sharing for the benefit of readers so that results can be extrapolated to these applications.
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References:
1. Petruzzi M and De Benedittis M. WhatsApp: A telemedicine platform for facilitating remote oral medicine consultation and improving clinical examinations. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.oooo.2015.11.005. 2. Viera AJ, Garrett JM. Understanding interobserver agreement: the kappa statistic. Fam Med. 2005;37:360-3.
S2212-4403(16)00041-9
DOI:
10.1016/j.oooo.2015.12.015
Reference:
OOOO 1415
To appear in:
Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology
Received Date: 21 December 2015 Accepted Date: 23 December 2015
Please cite this article as: Pentapati KC, Komal S, Gadicherla S, WhatsApp: A telemedicine platform for facilitating remote oral medicine consultation and improving clinical examinations – A commentary, Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology (2016), doi: 10.1016/j.oooo.2015.12.015. This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain.
ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT
WhatsApp: A telemedicine platform for facilitating remote oral medicine consultation and improving clinical examinations – A commentary
RI PT
Pentapati Kalyana Chakravarthy1 Associate Professor, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Manipal University, Manipal. Komal Smriti2
SC
Assitant Professor, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Manipal University, Manipal.
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Gadicherla Srikanth3
Associate Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Manipal University, Manipal. Corresponding author: Pentapati Kalyana Chakravarthy1 Department of Public Health Dentistry,
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Manipal College of Dental Sciences,
Manipal University, Manipal - 576104 Karnataka - India
EP
Ph: +91-9916036303
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Email: [email protected]
ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT
WhatsApp: A telemedicine platform for facilitating remote oral medicine consultation and improving clinical examinations – A commentary
RI PT
We congratulate the authors for their commendable work on telemedicine systems. It is an innovative study where the authors used information technology to diagnose various lesions of oral cavity. The authors also discussed studies done in an oral medicine setting and their
SC
limitations.1 The authors reported agreement values between the authors and the techniques used whereas Kappa statistic would have been more appropriate in this context. Kappa statistic is
M AN U
based on the difference between observed and expected agreement. Kappa can be seriously affected by the low prevalence of the condition but still can provide more information than measures of agreement alone.2
A note of various devices used by examiners was highlighted but it would have been
TE D
more meaningful if the authors would have reported the various gadgets that have been used to capture the images. Also, a note on intra-oral site wise agreement and Kappa statistic would have added more information to the manuscript. Probably, authors could have added a note on various
EP
applications that are similar to Whatsapp (Hike, Telegram) which also can be used for data sharing for the benefit of readers so that results can be extrapolated to these applications.
AC C
References:
1. Petruzzi M and De Benedittis M. WhatsApp: A telemedicine platform for facilitating remote oral medicine consultation and improving clinical examinations. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.oooo.2015.11.005. 2. Viera AJ, Garrett JM. Understanding interobserver agreement: the kappa statistic. Fam Med. 2005;37:360-3.