Evidence-Based Mobile Wound Application to Support Professionals in State-of-the-Art Chronic Wound Treatment

Abstract

Background: One of the most important tasks within wound management and the basis of successful wound care is a clear and accurate nursing documentation which can be created in various ways. However, this documentation is only partially standardized mainly due to the interdisciplinarity of this task. Objectives: The goal is to overcome interdisciplinary boundaries in home care between health professionals, and to increase the patient's motivation to actively participate in wound healing by providing consistent structure and guidance. In this paper, the development of a mobile wound documentation application is described. Methods: Comprehensive literature reviews were conducted on state-of-the-art wound documentation as well as on machine learning frameworks, databases and mobile app development technologies. Results: As a result, a mobile wound application with Flutter, SQLite and Tensorflow Lite was developed. During the development process interoperability was considered to enable future extensibility. Conclusion: Further development in respect of backend and API is planned, involving user field tests.