Year: 2024
Type: book-chapter
Abstract: The objective of this study was to assess the viability and acceptability of an innovative Virtual Wound Care Command Centre where patients in the community, and their treating clinicians, have access to an expert wound specialist service that comprises a digital wound application (app) for wound analysis, decision-making, remote consultation, and monitoring. Fifty-one patients with chronic (42.6%) wounds were healed, with a median time to healing of 66 (95% CI: 56-88) days. All patients reported high satisfaction with their wound care, 86.4% of patients recommended the Virtual Wound Care Command Centre with 84.1% of patients reporting the app as easy to use. The data revealed that the Virtual Wound Care Command Centre was a viable and acceptable patient-centred expert wound consultation service for chronic wound patients in the community.
DOI: 10.3233/shti230991
Authors: Michelle Barakat-Johnson, Badia Kita, Aaron Jones, Mitchell Burger, David Airey, John Stephenson, Thomas Leong, Jana Pinkova, Georgina Frank, Natalie Ko, Andrea Kirk, Astrid Frotjold, Kate White, Fiona Coyer
Institutions: The University of Sydney, Queensland University of Technology, Sydney Local Health District, Northern Sydney Local Health District, UNSW Sydney, Calvary Riverina Hospital, University of Huddersfield, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, South Western Sydney Local Health District, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Western Sydney Local Health District, Cancer Council NSW, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Funder: Medical Research Future Fund
OpenAlex ID: W4391224422