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work_ar7h2ss5qbfsbi6636rq4vdd4a	Riley S. Rees	The Effects of TeleWound Management on Use of Service and Financial Outcomes	2007.0	13	.pdf	application/pdf	6267	720	73	This study investigated the effects of a TeleWound program on the use of service and financial outcomes among homebound patients with chronic wounds. Findings from the study revealed that TeleWound patients had fewer ED visits, fewer hospitalizations, and shorter length of stay, as positive clinical and financial outcomes using a telemedicine wound care program. TeleWound was found to be a credible modality to manage pressure ulcers at lower cost and possibly better health outcomes. Wound Care Center, Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan. that about 2.5 million hospitalized patients receive treatment for pressure ulcers each year.3 OUTPATIENT CLINIC VISITS BY TELEWOUND AND CONTROL GROUPS Seven of the 11 established patients in the TeleWound group spent 6 days or less in the hospital, as compared to only 1 in the control patients with chronic wounds (in both the TeleWound and control groups) were encouraged	./cache/work_ar7h2ss5qbfsbi6636rq4vdd4a.pdf	./txt/work_ar7h2ss5qbfsbi6636rq4vdd4a.txt