title: In-home wound care management utilizing information technology.
abstract: Chronic wounds are a major healthcare crisis, presenting challenges for home health agencies lacking specially trained staff to properly monitor and manage these wounds. Consequently, the home health industry needs to improve wound management methods and technologies to properly care for patients with chronic wounds. Saint Francis University's Center of Excellence for Remote and Medically Under-Served Areas partnered with a home health agency (University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Lee Regional Community Nursing Service) to identify a solution to this problem.
authors.affiliation: Saint Francis University-Center of Excellence for Remote and Medically Under-Served Areas, 117 Evergreen Drive, Loretto, PA 15940, USA. glitzinger@cermusa.francis.edu
authors.forename: Gina
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Litzinger
authors.forename: Therese
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Rossman
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Demuth
authors.forename: Jay
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Roberts
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017046:Cost Savings; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D018576:Home Health Aides / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D009720:Nurse Clinicians / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000523:psychology; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009737:Nursing Records; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D036301:Qualitative Research; D017592:Skin Care / Q000451:nursing*; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014195:Travel / Q000191:economics; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000451:nursing*