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

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

doi:10.3233/SHTI230991

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

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

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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.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	MEDINFO 2023 - The Future is Accessible
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the 19th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics
Editors	Jen Bichel-Findlay, Paula Otero, Philip Scott, Elaine Huesing
Publisher	IOS Press BV
Pages	379-383
Number of pages	5
Volume	310
ISBN (Electronic)	9781643684574
ISBN (Print)	9781643684567
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3233/SHTI230991
Publication status	Published - 25 Jan 2024
Event	19th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics: The Future Is Accessible - Sydney, Australia Duration: 8 Jul 2023 → 12 Jul 2023 Conference number: 19

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Name	Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
Volume	310
ISSN (Print)	0926-9630
ISSN (Electronic)	1879-8365

Conference

Conference	19th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics
Abbreviated title	MedInfo 2023
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Sydney
Period	8/07/23 → 12/07/23

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Barakat-Johnson, M., Kita, B., Jones, A., Burger, M., Airey, D., Stephenson, J., Leong, T., Pinkova, J., Frank, G., Ko, N., Kirk, A., Frotjold, A., White, K., & Coyer, F. (2024). The Viability and Acceptability of a Virtual Wound Care Command Centre in Australia. In J. Bichel-Findlay, P. Otero, P. Scott, & E. Huesing (Eds.), MEDINFO 2023 - The Future is Accessible: Proceedings of the 19th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics (Vol. 310, pp. 379-383). (Studies in Health Technology and Informatics; Vol. 310). IOS Press BV. https://doi.org/10.3233/SHTI230991

Barakat-Johnson, Michelle ; Kita, Badia ; Jones, Aaron et al. / The Viability and Acceptability of a Virtual Wound Care Command Centre in Australia. MEDINFO 2023 - The Future is Accessible: Proceedings of the 19th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics. editor / Jen Bichel-Findlay ; Paula Otero ; Philip Scott ; Elaine Huesing. Vol. 310 IOS Press BV, 2024. pp. 379-383 (Studies in Health Technology and Informatics).

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Barakat-Johnson M, Kita B, Jones A, Burger M, Airey D, Stephenson J et al. The Viability and Acceptability of a Virtual Wound Care Command Centre in Australia. In Bichel-Findlay J, Otero P, Scott P, Huesing E, editors, MEDINFO 2023 - The Future is Accessible: Proceedings of the 19th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics. Vol. 310. IOS Press BV. 2024. p. 379-383. (Studies in Health Technology and Informatics). doi: 10.3233/SHTI230991

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