Digital Solution for Skin Cancer Diagnosis

The healthcare system needed a faster and more efficient way to speed up diagnosis, coordinate care across healthcare providers, and reduce unnecessary procedures. Healthcare providers in Denmark handled approximately 400,000 skin cancer consultations every year, while only around 17,000 cases proved malignant.

To support this change, general practitioners, dermatologists, and hospitals needed a shared digital platform that could connect workflows across the healthcare system.

The solution allows general practitioners to capture high-resolution images of skin lesions with a DermKit (iPhone and dermatoscope) and send them directly to a teledermatologist for rapid assessment.

The initiative received multiple awards and delivered measurable results:

• Reduced dermatologist response times from 10 weeks to 1 day.

• Enabled approximately 50% of patients to receive diagnosis and complete treatment through their general practitioner.

• Provided nationwide access to fast, secure, and clinically validated skin cancer diagnostics.

• Reduced biopsies and surgical interventions by approximately 35%, generating estimated annual savings of DKK 215 million.