Get the Picture: A Pilot Feasibility Study of Telemedical Wound Assessment Using a Mobile Phone in Cardiology Patients.

CONCLUSIONS: Patients are able to take and upload the mobile clinical photos to the secure email address, and the vast majority was interpretable. Smartphone users were more successful than feature phone users in uploading their pictures. The interobserver variability was good.
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Source: The Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing - November 1, 2016 Category: Nursing Authors: de Heide J, Vroegh CJ, Szili Torok T, Gobbens RJ, Zijlstra F, Takens-Lameijer M, Lenzen MJ, Yap SC, Scholte Op Reimer WJ Tags: J Cardiovasc Nurs Source Type: research