Reduction in wound healing times, cost of consumables and number of visits treated through the implementation of an electronic wound care system in rural Australia

This study reports on wound healing and cost of wounds collected from a larger project using the mobile wound care (MWC) electronic documentation system, which has been described elsewhere. The study involved 2350 clients from four health service districts in the Gippsland region in rural Australia who received treatments as part of the MWC research project (2010–2012), with a total of 3726 wounds identified (so an average of 1·6 wounds per client). By the end of the data collection period, 81% of these wounds had healed. A significant drop in healing time, cost of consumables and number of visits was found across the 3‐year period.

Source: International Wound Journal - February 9, 2015 Category: Surgery Authors: Hanan Khalil, Marianne Cullen, Helen Chambers, Matthew Carroll, Judi Walker Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research