Innovative telehealth delivery models that emphasize collaboration, quality, and efficiency can be transformative to improving patient-centered outcomes in chronic diseases, such as psoriasis, a recent study found. Furthermore, the online, collaborative connected-health model was as effective as in-person management in improving clinical outcomes among patients with psoriasis. Adults with psoriasis were randomized 1:1 to receive online or in-person care (148 randomized to online care and 148 randomized to in-person care). The online model enabled patients and primary care physicians to access dermatologists online asynchronously. Dermatologists provided assessments, recommendations, education, and prescriptions online. The in-person group sought care in person. All participants were exposed to their respective interventions for 12 months. Researchers found:

• Of the 296 randomized participants, 147 were women, 149 were men, 187 were white, and the mean (SD) age was 49 (14) years.
• The adjusted difference between the online and in-person groups in the mean change in the self-administered Psoriasis Area Severity Index (PASI) score during the 12-month study period was –0.27.
• The difference in the mean change in body surface area (BSA) affected by psoriasis between the 2 groups was –0.05%.