title: Influencing dressing choice and supporting wound management using remote 'tele-wound care'.
abstract: This article describes a local involvement in a project to evaluate a remote system of wound management, incorporating the use of digital and mobile technology. It outlines how this involvement influenced the current system of 'tele wound care' (remote wound management) in a large community organisation. The system allows remote wound assessment, management advice and ongoing monitoring of wounds to ensure that the dressing choice remains appropriate and that timely wound care support can be provided to community nurses, practice nurses and GPs.
authors.affiliation: MBE, Nurse Consultant,Tissue Viability, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
authors.forename: Brenda
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: King
mesh_terms: D001458:Bandages; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D058005:General Practitioners; D006801:Humans; D016730:Program Development; D012883:Skin Ulcer / Q000451:nursing; D055817:Telenursing / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000451:nursing*