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ArticleInternational wound journal2022

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 and 4 more

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Article in International wound journal, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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14 authors.

Michelle Barakat-JohnsonDepartment of Nursing and Midwifery Executive Services, Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7764-4515
Badia KitaDepartment of Nursing and Midwifery Executive Services, Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Aaron JonesDepartment of Nursing and Midwifery Executive Services, Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Mitchell BurgerHealth Informatics Unit, Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
David AireyRiverina Endovascular, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia.
John StephensonBiomedical Statistics, School of Human and Health Services, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, United Kingdom.
Thomas LeongNursing and Midwifery Services, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Jana PinkovaNursing and Midwifery Services, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Georgina FrankPodiatry Department, Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Natalie KoDepartment of Nursing and Midwifery, Concord Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Andrea KirkNursing and Midwifery Services, Western Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Astrid FrotjoldSusan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Kate WhiteDepartment of Nursing and Midwifery Executive Services, Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Fiona CoyerSchool of Nursing, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

Funding

Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF)Rapid Applied Research Translation (RART) initiative Round 3Sydney Health Partners
6 · The paper itself

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.

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Referral and ConsultationWound HealingAustraliaHumansTrauma Centerschronic woundsdigital wound applicationtelehealthvirtual carewound care

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PMID35607997
PMCPMC9615290

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