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Smith & Nephew pilot digital wound care solution
Smith & Nephew pilot digital wound care solution.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 5884Y Smith & Nephew Plc 06 December 2017 \n\n \n \n \nSmith & Nephew to pilot digital wound care solution, supporting Life Sciences Sector Deal\n6 December 2017\n \nSmith & Nephew (LSE:SN, NYSE:SNN), the global medical technology business, welcomes the Life Sciences Sector Deal released today and announces an innovative wound care programme to support implementation.\n \nOlivier Bohuon, Chief Executive Officer of Smith & Nephew, said:\n\"The UK has a unique and world-class healthcare system with significant potential to utilise medical technology in new ways to improve clinical outcomes and efficiency. Through the closer collaboration between healthcare providers and suppliers envisaged by the Sector Deal, we can deliver benefits to the NHS that can then be implemented in other health systems.\" \n \nSmith & Nephew is developing new programmes that utilise digital technology alongside its pioneering surgical and wound management products with the aim to improve the patient experience whilst delivering better outcomes at lower cost. \n \nIn wound care, Smith & Nephew is to pilot a new solution addressing the cost of wound care for community nursing. This is estimated to account for 66% of district nurse time, costing each of the more than 200 Clinical Commissioning Groups ('CCGs') an average of £50 million per annum by 20201. Working with partner Inhealthcare, a leading provider of digital health technology, this includes a new digital tool to support frontline community and practice nurses with point-of-care decision-making support, to standardise best practice. \n \nOver a three-year period, this programme is expected to: \n· Drive significant improvements in patient outcomes, resulting in shorter treatment duration and more wounds healed\n· Release significant nurse resources, allowing them to cope with growing patient numbers in the community, estimated at nine full time nurses per CCG, and reduce the total costs of wound care per CCG\n· Provide proof of principle that allows the approach to be exported to international health systems. \n \nThese improvements will be driven by earlier and more systematic intervention designed to reduce unnecessary dressing change...