For Telemedicine Platforms

Skin Analysis API for Telemedicine Platforms

Triage skin concerns at the front door of your telehealth experience — so the right cases reach a clinician, and the obvious ones don't. One REST call returns lesion classification, differential, confidence and a 4-level triage recommendation.

Start free sandbox Skin Analysis API overview

95.3% clinical concordance ~24h to production ISO 27001 · UKCA Class I · HIPAA-ready

The async-derm triage problem

Most telemedicine queues mix benign skin tags with suspicious lesions and acute rashes. Clinicians spend hours triaging — and patients wait days for the obvious cases. A pre-clinician AI screening pass, powered by the ScanSkinAI REST API, cuts that overhead without changing your clinical model. For non-engineering teams, the same triage is available as a 2-line embeddable widget.

Why telemedicine teams choose ScanSkinAI

Designed for the realities of asynchronous derm triage — not retrofitted from a consumer skin app.

Async-first design

Single REST call, structured JSON — fits any intake queue, EHR or async messaging platform.

Built for triage

4-level routing (self-monitor · GP · dermatologist · urgent) tuned to clinical workflows, not consumer scores.

Multi-lesion ready

Full-body screening returns per-lesion bounding boxes and IDs — see the multi-lesion API on our developer hub.

Multi-language outputs

Clinician summaries in EN, ZH, JA, KO, ES, FR, DE — patient-facing copy in their language, clinician copy in yours.

Multi-region residency

Optional EU / UK data residency for regulated deployments; configurable retention per partner agreement.

Clinician-friendly output

Differential diagnosis with confidence per class — so reviewers can quickly accept, override or escalate.

What the API returns

Classification

A primary class label for the lesion in the image.

Differential

Top alternative conditions to support clinical review.

Confidence + probability

Numeric scores you can threshold on for your own routing rules.

Clinical triage

Self-monitor · GP · dermatologist · urgent — a routing recommendation, not a diagnosis.

End-to-end triage flow

From patient upload to clinician queue, in under 5 seconds per case.

1. Upload

Patient submits a photo via your app — web, iOS, or Android.

2. API call

Your backend POSTs the image (or a signed URL) to /v1/analyze with a bearer token.

3. AI inference

Lesion classification + differential + confidence in ~2–4s.

4. Triage

API returns one of four routing levels you can act on programmatically.

5. Clinician

Case lands in the right queue with a structured summary attached.

For full-body screening with per-lesion bounding boxes, see Multi-Lesion Detection.

One REST call

Drop it into your intake step

Send the patient photo, get a structured triage decision back. Attach the JSON to the consult record and route accordingly.

Request

curl -X POST https://api.scanskinai.com/v1/analyze \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: multipart/form-data" \
  -F "image=@lesion.jpg" \
  -F "patient_age=42" \
  -F "body_location=upper_back" \
  -F "duration=3_months" \
  -F "language=en"

Response

{
  "classification": "basal_cell_carcinoma",
  "confidence": 0.97,
  "probability": 92,
  "differential": [
    { "class": "seborrheic_keratosis", "score": 0.04 },
    { "class": "nevus",                "score": 0.02 }
  ],
  "triage": {
    "level": "dermatologist",
    "urgency": "high",
    "summary": "Strong likelihood of BCC. Refer to dermatology."
  },
  "quality_flags": []
}

See the engineering walkthrough: Add a skin analysis API in a day.

Routing patterns we see in production

Self-care lane

Triage = self-monitor → educational content + scheduled re-check, no clinician time used.

Async GP lane

Triage = GP → routed to your async-message queue with the AI summary attached for the clinician.

Urgent / derm lane

Triage = urgent or dermatologist → bumped to the front of the queue with high-priority flag.

Integration checklist for telemedicine vendors

What to set up before flipping production traffic on.

Webhook callback URL
HMAC-SHA256 signed events for async result delivery.
Bearer auth
Per-environment API keys; rotate via the developer portal.
PHI handling toggle
Process-and-discard, or persist for audit — per partner agreement.
Retention + residency
EU, UK or default region; configurable retention window.
Clinician summary template
Custom summary text mapped to your consult notes.
Audit logging
Every call, every override, every retry — auditable end-to-end.

Security & PHI handling

Bearer token authentication; HMAC-SHA256 webhook signatures.
ISO 27001, UKCA Class I, GDPR aligned and HIPAA-ready handling.
Optional EU / UK data residency for regulated deployments.
Configurable retention — process-and-discard, or persist for audit, per partner agreement.

Frequently asked questions

Is ScanSkinAI a medical device?

ScanSkinAI is a UKCA Class I registered software-as-a-medical-device for informational and triage support. It does not provide a diagnosis — outputs are designed to support, not replace, a qualified clinician's decision.

Can the API replace my clinicians?

No. The API is a triage assistant. It returns a structured classification, differential, confidence and triage recommendation that your clinical team can act on or override. You keep full clinical control.

How do you handle PHI / HIPAA?

ScanSkinAI is HIPAA-ready and ISO 27001 certified. You can configure process-and-discard, EU/UK data residency, and signed HMAC-SHA256 webhooks. We sign BAAs and DPAs with regulated telemedicine partners.

How do I add it to my existing patient queue?

One REST POST returns the AI assessment in seconds. Most teams call it from their intake step (before a clinician sees the case) and attach the JSON to the consult record. See our walkthrough: 'Add a skin analysis API in a day'.

What does pricing look like?

Per-call usage pricing with volume discounts. The sandbox is free with no rate caps for development. Production pricing depends on monthly call volume and data residency — talk to sales for a quote.