Online skin check
Fast diagnosis of skin disorders
If your skin is itching, burning or hurting, this calls for quick medical advice. Yet it can often take months between skin changes occurring and getting an appointment with a specialist. As an SBK insurant, you therefore have free access to the Online Skin Check. From the comfort of your own home. Simply choose one of the participating practices, upload photos and describe your symptoms. Within a few hours, you will get your medical diagnosis and recommended treatment.
How the Online Skin Check works
Whether it’s an allergic reaction, a swollen insect bite or acute acne: When your skin reacts in a peculiar way, the Online Skin Check soon provides clarity. Get medical advice digitally from the comfort of your own home. Or even when you are away on holiday. This saves you waiting for an appointment with a specialist and making your own way to the practice.
The Online Skin Check doesn’t take long: you briefly describe your symptoms and upload three photos showing the change to your skin. After just 7 hours on average (maximum 48 hours), you will get a professional diagnosis from your preferred doctor at one of the participating practices. In addition, you will also be given a recommended treatment plus an E-Rezept (e-prescription) if required. In case of anomalies that require further investigation, make an appointment to attend the practice in person.
With the Online Skin Check, your skin is in the safest hands. Because we offer you this service in cooperation with OnlineDoctor, the leading provider of digital skin checks (in German only).
Support for these medical conditions
With OnlineDoctor, you get specialist medical help for any kind of skin problem. Every dermatologist is trained to give a digital diagnosis. Here are just a few examples.
Important: Only one skin change per enquiry can be submitted for examination. If several abnormalities occur, please make multiple enquiries. Evaluating birthmarks and moles is limited to two enquiries per year.
Who can use the Online Skin Check?
The Online Skin Check is available to all SBK insurants. Especially practical for families: parents can also use the service for family members up to 15 years old to get quick, medical advice. Young people from the age of 16 can make use of the Online Skin Check independently.
Frequently asked questions
Yes, that is possible. If the digital diagnosis results in treatment with a prescription medication, your dermatologist will issue an e-prescription. You can redeem this online (e.g. via the SBK electronic patient record app) or at a local pharmacy using your SBK healthcare card. You may need to visit the practice in advance to present your SBK healthcare card.
In most cases, dermatologists can make a diagnosis reliably online. If a blood test, swab or in-person evaluation of the affected area of skin is advisable, please make an appointment to attend the selected practice.
No. You can ask for skin abnormalities to be clarified digitally as often as you need. Only the evaluation of birthmarks and moles is limited to two enquiries per year.
No. The Online Skin Check is ideal particularly for complaints that emerge suddenly. For the skin cancer screening, we recommend this is carried out at a certified practice. The reflected light microscope can be used to detect even the smallest abnormalities on birthmarks and moles at an early stage.
Our partner OnlineDoctor
OnlineDoctor is Germany’s leader provider for digital skin checks. The platform was developed together with renowned dermatologists and brought to life in partnership with the “Professional Association of German Dermatologists”. Hundreds of digitally trained doctors with their specialist knowledge are available to consult. The aim is to offer insurants a time-saving and easy-to-access alternative to visiting a dermatologist. As a result, over 350,000 skin checks have already been able to be successfully carried out online.
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