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Learn about Dermi Atlas, an on-premises clinical imaging platform for dermatology and aesthetic practices. Understand the platform components, licensing model, and key benefits of data sovereignty.
Dermi Atlas is a clinical imaging platform purpose-built for dermatology and aesthetic practices. It provides secure, on-premises image management with tools for capturing, organizing, comparing, and documenting patient photographs, all while keeping sensitive data on the practice's own infrastructure.
This article introduces the Dermi Atlas product family, explains the role of each component, and supports determining which configuration suits a given practice.
Clinical photography is essential to dermatology and aesthetic medicine. Tracking skin conditions, documenting treatment progress, and presenting before-and-after comparisons are daily requirements. Yet many practices lack adequate tools for managing these images effectively.
Common challenges include:
Dermi Atlas addresses these challenges by combining secure, on-premises infrastructure with intuitive clinical imaging tools designed specifically for medical photography workflows.
Dermi Atlas is a family of products centered on an on-premises clinical imaging system. Dermi Atlas Professional and Dermi Atlas Manager are deployed together on the practice's own infrastructure, with Dermi Atlas Manager providing deployment and lifecycle controls for the Dermi Atlas Professional application. Dermi Atlas Cloud Demo is a separate evaluation environment hosted by Dermi for trying core workflows without a local installation.
Dermi Atlas Professional is the core application: a web-based clinical imaging system that runs on the local network. It provides the interface where clinicians capture, organize, and compare patient photographs. It requires a license, which is purchased through Dermi Portal and activated via Dermi Atlas Manager.
After initial deployment, Dermi Atlas Professional runs on the practice's local network. Patient images and records are stored on the practice's infrastructure throughout daily clinical use.
A deployment holds one practice team, and every clinical record on it belongs to that team: every member sees every patient, each person signs in under their own named account, and every action is recorded under the person who performed it. Accounts come in two types, Clinician and Assistant, which see the same records and differ at the actions that carry legal weight; export, external sharing, deletion, and recovery are Clinician actions. Members are invited from Dermi Portal by the license owner and claim the invitation on the practice network. See Inviting and Managing Team Members and Claiming a Team Invitation.
Dermi Atlas Manager is the desktop application that deploys, operates, and updates Dermi Atlas Professional. Dermi Atlas Manager is required to install Dermi Atlas Professional and remains the control plane for the deployment after setup.
Dermi Atlas Manager handles:
Dermi Atlas Manager runs on the same computer that hosts Dermi Atlas Professional, typically a clinic workstation or server. Once deployed, Dermi Atlas Professional is accessible from any device on the local network through a web browser.
Dermi Atlas Cloud Demo is an evaluation environment hosted by Dermi. Each account's demo workspace is private and isolated from other accounts. It runs the same Dermi Atlas application in a hosted demo configuration, which allows hands-on exploration of the core workflows without any local installation.
To access the demo, create a Dermi Cloud Services account at portal.dermi.ai and complete email verification. Sign in at demo.atlas.dermi.ai using the same credentials.
Important limitations: The Cloud Demo is intended for evaluation only. Real patient information and patient photographs must not be entered into the environment. Each demo account starts empty, account settings are read-only, activity logging is disabled, and all demo clinical data is cleared weekly. The binding terms covering use of the Cloud Demo are set out in the Dermi Atlas Cloud Demo Disclaimer.
Dermi Atlas Professional requires a license to operate. Licenses are purchased and managed through Dermi Portal.
Each license covers one Dermi Atlas Professional deployment, consisting of a single Dermi Atlas Manager and Dermi Atlas Professional instance running on the practice's infrastructure. The people who work in that deployment are the members of its team, invited from Dermi Portal and held on the license as named seats; the base plan includes one Clinician account and one Assistant account, and further seats are added as the team grows. See Seats and Team Billing.
To activate the deployment:
Dermi Atlas Professional starts at $79 USD per month per deployment, plus applicable tax, which includes one Clinician account and one Assistant account. Each additional clinician seat is $59 USD per month and each additional assistant seat is $12 USD per month, priced per named person. The first license includes a 30-day free trial with full feature access. After the trial period ends, the account holder who registered the license on Dermi Portal is billed monthly. Cancellation is available at any time.
Each deployment requires its own license. Additional deployments, for example at separate clinic locations, each need their own license and base plan, added by contacting Dermi support from the portal.
The binding terms covering use of Dermi Atlas Professional are set out in the Dermi Atlas Professional EULA and the Dermi Terms of Service.
Dermi Atlas Professional runs on the practice's local network. Patient photographs, records, and audit logs are stored on the practice's infrastructure under its direct control. Administrative traffic such as license verification, software updates, password recovery, and two-factor authentication setup still flows between the deployment and Dermi services; the full scope of what data Dermi processes is described in the Dermi Privacy Policy.
The on-premises architecture supports practices in meeting HIPAA and PIPEDA requirements. Features including encrypted connections, two-factor authentication, configurable audit logging, and recorded patient consent provide controls that are commonly relied on for regulatory compliance. Detailed feature mappings are available in the HIPAA Compliance Guide and the PIPEDA Compliance Guide. Each practice remains responsible for confirming that its specific deployment meets applicable requirements.
After initial setup, clinical work continues on the local network without an internet connection. Capturing images, creating comparisons, and generating reports all function without external network access.
Licensing requires periodic connectivity. The license is reverified whenever the deployment is online; after seven days offline, limited access begins: existing records remain viewable and exportable, and creating new records is blocked until connectivity returns. Software updates also require an internet connection.
Dermi Atlas Manager enables practices to deploy and manage their installation independently. The guided setup process handles the technical steps automatically, and assisted setup is available at no charge.
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