@article{b2a6a9970b9941889a01daa353d71247,
title = "The viability and acceptability of a Virtual Wound Care Command Centre in 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 digitally enabled application for wound analysis, decision-making, remote consultation, and monitoring. Fifty-one patients with chronic wounds from 9 centres, encompassing hospital services, outpatient clinics, and community nurses in one metropolitan and rural state in Australia, were enrolled and a total of 61 wounds were analysed over 7 months. Patients received, on average, an occasion of service every 4.4 days, with direct queries responded to in a median time of 1.5 hours. During the study period, 26 (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 digital wound application as easy to use. Potential mean travel savings of \$99.65 for rural patients per visit were recognised. 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.",
keywords = "Chronic wounds, Telehealth, Virtual Care, Digital wound application, Wound care, wound care, digital wound application, telehealth, chronic wounds, virtual care",
author = "Michelle Barakat-Johnson and Badia Kita and Aaron Jones and Mitchell Burger and David Airey and John Stephenson and Thomas Leong and Jana Pinkova and Georgina Frank and Natalie Ko and Andrea Kirk and Astrid Frotjold and Kate White and Fiona Coyer",
note = "Funding Information: We would like to thank the ongoing support of our Executive Sponsor, Ivanka Komusanac, Executive Director of Nursing and Midwifery at the Sydney Local Health District. We would like to extend our sincere gratitude to the patients and wound specialists who participated in this study. We thank, in particular, our System Architect, Gina Tsaprounis. We also thank Cathy Yates, Operational Manager of the University of Sydney's Charles Perkins Centre for assisting in the establishment of an eWCC at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. We thank Tissue Analytics{\texttrademark} for subsidising the cost of the digital app and providing ongoing product training, support, and troubleshooting. Tissue Analytics{\texttrademark} did not have any input into the design, conduct, analysis, or write‐up of this study. This study was funded by the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF), Rapid Applied Research Translation (RART) initiative Round 3 (2021), and Sydney Health Partners. Sydney Health Partners is a research organisation that was accredited by the NHMRC in 2015 as a world leader in translating research into better health outcomes for our communities. Funding Information: We would like to thank the ongoing support of our Executive Sponsor, Ivanka Komusanac, Executive Director of Nursing and Midwifery at the Sydney Local Health District. We would like to extend our sincere gratitude to the patients and wound specialists who participated in this study. We thank, in particular, our System Architect, Gina Tsaprounis. We also thank Cathy Yates, Operational Manager of the University of Sydney's Charles Perkins Centre for assisting in the establishment of an eWCC at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. We thank Tissue Analytics{\texttrademark} for subsidising the cost of the digital app and providing ongoing product training, support, and troubleshooting. Tissue Analytics{\texttrademark} did not have any input into the design, conduct, analysis, or write-up of this study. This study was funded by the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF), Rapid Applied Research Translation (RART) initiative Round 3 (2021), and Sydney Health Partners. Sydney Health Partners is a research organisation that was accredited by the NHMRC in 2015 as a world leader in translating research into better health outcomes for our communities. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022 The Authors. International Wound Journal published by Medicalhelplines.com Inc (3M) and John Wiley \& Sons Ltd.",
year = "2022",
month = nov,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1111/iwj.13782",
language = "English",
volume = "19",
pages = "1769--1785",
journal = "International Wound Journal",
issn = "1742-4801",
publisher = "John Wiley and Sons Inc.",
number = "7",
}
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