Shared wound care
Clinicians face many care delivery and resource challenges, with research outlining fewer home visits taking place, greater use of digital communication tools and an increased use of alternative treatments to reduce dressing changes… so there’s a real opportunity to seize the benefits of shared care1
A growing focus on shared care
Global research, recently published in Wounds International, explored the value ofshared care; highlighting the increasingly important role it could play in the future.1
25% of clinicians reported making fewer home visits1
Clinicians estimated that 45% of their patients would benefit from greaterinvolvement in their care1
Half of clinicians believed it would enable them to spend more time with otherpatients1
Releasing 3.5 billion hours by 2030
Chronic wound care clinicians might feel their workloads and budget restrictions aretoo big to overcome, but experts have explored how empowering shared carepractices could help release an estimated 3.5 billion nursing hours by 2030.2To find out how 3.5 billion hours was estimated, click here.
Steps to shared wound care
Reference material
Evidence
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Disclaimers
*Compared to standard dressings used.
**Rated as excellent by ~48% of nurses (n=40).
***Compared to previous dressings used. Dressing change frequency 1.66 vs 3.14;p<0.001. Mean weekly dressing costs €27.70 vs €11.45; p<0.001.
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Citations
1. Moore Z, et al. Wounds International. 2021;12(1);48-53.
2. Moore Z, et al. Wounds International. 2022;13(2):10-16.
3. Joy H, et al. J Wound Care. 2015;24(7):314–317.
4. Simon D, et al. Wounds UK. 2014;10(3):80–87.
5. Stephen-Haynes J, et al. JCN. 2013;27(5):50–59.
6. Rossington A, et al. Wounds UK. 2013;9(4):91–95.
7. Smith+Nephew 2016. Internal Report. DS/14/303/R.
8. Tiscar-González V, et al. Adv Skin Wound Care. 2021;34(1):23–30.