Telemedicine In Wound Care

Running Head: Telemedicine In Wound Care
INFORMATICS IN HEALTHCARE
(TELEMEDICINE IN WOUND CARE)

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Telemedicine In Wound Care
Table of Contents
Background................................................................................................................................4
Methods......................................................................................................................................5
Participants.................................................................................................................................6
Data Collection...........................................................................................................................7
Analysis......................................................................................................................................8
Discussion..................................................................................................................................9
Conclusion................................................................................................................................11
References................................................................................................................................12

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Telemedicine In Wound Care
Abstract
Telemedicine is a popular and widely growing process of managing different chronic
wounds. However, very fewer evidence is available regarding success of telemedicine in
curing different types of wounds. In this study, two different research case studies are chosen
that proves the utility of telemedicine in curing wounds like foot ulcer. Methods like
qualitative interview and focus study and cluster trails are selected in both the studies. Results
and analysis of both these studies are compared in a detailed way. Comparison is also done in
the data collection methods and discussion of both these studies. Results of both articles
prove that telemedicine is an efficient tool that can be used to increase efficiency of care
providers.

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Telemedicine In Wound Care
Background
Telemedicine refers to provision of healthcare service to people by using telecommunication
infrastructure. Various researches have focused on this area and findings can be compared as
well as contrast for developing a better understanding of the role of telemedicine in wound
care. This study is focusing on comparing and contrasting two particular research studies on
the impact of telemedicine in wound care. Background of these two cases is different from
each other as the authors have focused on two different wound categories. The first research
is based on the impact of telemedicine in facilitating care of diabetes foot ulcer (Kolltveit et
al. 2018). This research has focused on background of wound care of diabetes foot ulcer. On
the other hand, the second research has focused on the role of telemedicine in healing of
chronic wounds (Zarchi et al. 2015).
The first research study has criticized different literature based on the use of technology in
healthcare industry. It has been found that technological advancement has helped this sector
to provide efficient support to patients. On the other hand, the second research study has
mentioned that number of chronic wounds is increasing day by day all over the world. As
stated by Ye et al.(2016), telemedicine is the way to help people to get immediate medical
support for their wounds from expert healthcare professional. This aspect has increased the
chance of surviving from wounds. Increased number of diabetes incidents and other diseases
are the main reasons behind increasing events of chronic wound. The first research paper has
mentioned similar point. For example, the first case has also mentioned that use of
information technology has helped in improving health care system. Both of these research
cases have discussed advantageous sides of telemedicine in wound care. It can be seen that
the second research case has mentioned that previous research on the impact of telemedicine
on wound care.