Open AccessA telemedicine wound care model using 4G with smart phones or smart glasses
Author(s) -
Junna Ye,
Yanhai Zuo,
Ting Xie,
Minjie Wu,
Pengwen Ni,
Yutian Kang,
Xiaopeng Yu,
Xiaolin Sun,
Yao Huang,
Shuliang Lu
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.59
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1536-5964
pISSN - 0025-7974
DOI - 10.1097/md.0000000000004198
Subject(s) - medicine , telemedicine , wound care , service model , service (business) , medical emergency , smart phone , multimedia , surgery , telecommunications , health care , computer science , economics , economic growth , economy
To assess the feasibility of a wound care model using 4th-generation mobile communication technology standards (4G) with smart phones or smart glasses for wound management. This wound care model is an interactive, real-time platform for implementing telemedicine changing wound dressings, or doing operations. It was set up in March 2015 between Jinhua in Zhejiang province and Shanghai, China, which are 328 km apart. It comprised of a video application (APP), 4G net, smart phones or smart glasses, and a central server. This model service has been used in 30 patients with wounds on their lower extremities for 109 times in 1 month. Following a short learning curve, the service worked well and was deemed to be user-friendly. Two (6.7%) patients had wounds healed, while others still required wound dressing changes after the study finished. Both local surgeons and patients showed good acceptance of this model (100% and 83.33%, respectively). This telemedicine model is feasible and valuable because it provides an opportunity of medical service about wound healing in remote areas where specialists are scarce.