Quinn 2013.
Country | Ireland | |
Resources | High‐income country | |
Data collection | Interviews and focus group discussions | |
Health worker category | Public health nurses (PHNs) | |
Health issue | Chronic venous ulcers | |
mHealth system | The PHNs used iPhones, issued to them, to provide wound care to clients. They sent images and notes of the wound to a doctor at tertiary level. The doctor then advised the PHN on how to treat the wound. | |
WHO taxonomy |
2.4 Telemedicine 2.4.4 Consultations for case management between healthcare provider(s) |
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Notes | The mHealth study was conducted between October and December 2011. |