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The Viability and Acceptability of a Virtual Wound Care Command Centre in Australia

Published:2024-01-25 Issue: Volume: Page:
ISSN:0926-9630
Container-title:Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
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Author:

Barakat-Johnson Michelle¹²³⁴,Kita Badia¹²,Jones Aaron¹⁵⁶⁷,Burger Mitchell⁵⁶⁷⁸,Airey David⁹,Stephenson John¹⁰¹¹,Leong Thomas¹²,Pinkova Jana¹²,Frank Georgina¹³,Ko Natalie¹⁴,Kirk Andrea¹⁵,Frotjold Astrid²,White Kate¹²¹⁶,Coyer Fiona³⁴¹¹¹⁷

Affiliation:

1. Nursing and Midwifery Executive Services, Sydney Local Health District (SLHD), NSW, Australia

2. Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney (USYD), NSW, Australia

3. School of Nursing, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), QLD, Australia

4. Centre for Healthcare Transformation, QUT, QLD, Australia

5. Health Informatics Unit, SLHD, NSW, Australia

6. Discipline of Biomedical Informatics and Digital Health, USYD, NSW, Australia

7. Digital Health and Innovation, SLHD, NSW, Australia

8. School of Population Health, University of NSW, NSW, Australia

9. Riverina Endovascular, Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia

10. Biomedical Statistics, School of Human and Health Services, University of Huddersfield (UHud), United Kingdom

11. Institute of Skin Integrity and Infection Prevention, UHud, United Kingdom

12. Nursing and Midwifery Services, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, SLHD, NSW, Australia

13. Podiatry Department, SLHD, NSW, Australia

14. Department of Nursing and Midwifery, Concord Hospital, NSW, Australia

15. Nursing and Midwifery Services, Western Sydney Local Health District, NSW, Australia

16. The Daffodil Centre, USYD, A Joint Venture With Cancer Council NSW, NSW, Australia

17. Intensive Care Services, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, QLD, Australia

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.

Publisher

IOS Press

Link

https://ebooks.iospress.nl/pdf/doi/10.3233/SHTI230991