{"id":527386,"date":"2026-03-08T20:12:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T20:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/527386\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T20:12:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T20:12:09","slug":"doctors-warning-on-smartphone-cameras-they-take-pretty-photos-not-medically-accurate-ones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/527386\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctors&#8217; warning on smartphone cameras: they take pretty photos, not medically accurate ones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is a trend now entrenched in general practice globally \u2014 patients sending their GP a photo of their rash or swollen ankle ahead of a consultation.<\/p>\n<p>There is no doubt that smartphone camera technology is incredible; the blockbuster horror movie 28 Years Later <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/why-was-28-years-later-shot-on-iphone-11750066\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">was shot using iPhones<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But when it comes to medicine, smartphone cameras are not such a hit, according to Welsh doctors writing in The Lancet Primary Care and The Conversation.<\/p>\n<p>The cameras are in effect uncalibrated diagnostic tools that put patients at risk of misdiagnosis, says GP Dr Rebecca Payne and colleagues.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\u00d7<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tSign in\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"d-none message adg-password-reset\">\n\t\t\t\tIf this is your first visit to the new AusDoc website, reset your password<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"adg-reset_password_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ausdoc.com.au\/wp-login.php?action=lostpassword\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here.<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It is a trend now entrenched in general practice globally \u2014 patients sending their GP a photo of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":527387,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[64,63,27390,11910,44,105],"class_list":["post-527386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-dermatology","tag-general-practice","tag-news","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=527386"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527386\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/527387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=527386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=527386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=527386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}