Wireless application for complex wound management.
This project was to develop a web based wireless system to be used by community care nurses. Wound care constitutes approximately one half of home health care nursing visits. The system was implemented with a digital camera and a handheld computer with a wireless connection to a web based server. A database was used to control access to the clinical cases and to serve as a data repository. When new images were uploaded to the server a wound expert was notified via pager. The images and data could be viewed from any computer with an internet connection.
Case
Laura
L
British Columbia, Canada.
Simkus
Ray
R
D003152:Community Health Nursing; D016287:Computer Peripherals; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D019114:Remote Consultation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000451:nursing / Q000628:therapy*