Becker's Healthcare February 5, 2025
St. Louis-based Ascension aims to make telehealth more equitable when identifying pressure injuries remotely.
The 134-hospital system is researching how to best capture images with smartphones to account for various skin tones when virtually diagnosing bed sores or pressure ulcers.
“How do we make sure we have strong, high-quality images of patients within telehealth? How do we guide patients and clinicians to take good pictures?” Cynthia LaFond, PhD, RN, senior director of nursing research at Ascension, told Becker’s. “Can we have a digital application with a strong database of diverse, high-quality photos to help us diagnose these patients sooner using video or a camera?”
Ascension is working with Milwaukee-based Marquette University after receiving a $20,000 grant to improve telehealth equity....
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