Digital Photography in Long-Term Care

The use of cameras in medical care and teaching is not new. There is a long history of videotaping surgical procedures and of dermatologists and pathologists photographing lesions and specimens. Good textbooks are replete with gross and microscopic photos as well as pictures of x-rays (photos of photos in a sense), EKGs, and so on. However, these generally involved significant amounts of equipment and often a considerable professional expertise. At the minimum they required toting about a Polaroid camera and the photos themselves.