Risk profiling in the prevention and treatment of chronic wounds using artificial intelligence

Could wound care benefit from the artificial intelligence storm taking place worldwide

“…In the editorials, I discussed how it was helping create and drive data driven wound care practices. This was expanded upon in a recent editorial by Cross and Harding 3 …”

“…Wound care, is perhaps one of the most data rich areas because of its interaction with or relationship to multiple human comorbidities. AI is certainly going to revolutionise this data management and aid with both assessment and treatment approaches 3 . Generative AI, however, can help understand this complexity and provide “accurate” summaries of data and outcomes.…”

“…This was expanded upon in a recent editorial by Cross and Harding. 3 Since these editorials were written, the buzz has certainly become louder, even if only in the public rather than the professional domain. AI has the awesome power to change the way we live our lives, in both good and dangerous ways.…”

“…AI is certainly going to revolutionise this data management and aid with both assessment and treatment approaches. 3 Generative AI, however, can help understand this complexity and provide “accurate” summaries of data and outcomes. It can help provide summaries of individual and multiple studies, helping researchers not only understand the content but also provide the outputs to educate others.…”

Digital health: The answer to the perfect storm negatively impacting the evolution of wound care specialisation

“…Several factors can influence this inconsistency in practice: with currently around only 40% of wound care specialists regularly using assessment tools, poor patient outcomes routinely result due to this inconsistency 3 ; with over 25% of wounds having no recorded differential diagnosis 4 ; with prolonged referral times, often resulting in a breakdown in continuity of care 5 ; with a lack of risk profiling due to infrequent and inconsistent care 6 ; with a lack of training and the emerging global health practitioner shortage 7 , 8 ; …”