Table 2.

Summary of findings

Work activitiesKnowledge sharing facilitated by the digital application itselfKnowledge sharing facilitated by complementary and collaborative sessions
Assessments of wounds– Structured way of working
– Enables knowledge sharing from earlier assessments, also from other care providers
– Enables knowledge sharing with the patient
– Enables professionals to discuss their different assessments
– Notes can be documented
– Enables support with different parameters for specific considerations
– Enables professionals to recognize changes of the wound
– Stimulate professionals’ reflections
– Enable reflections and analyses of wounds afterwards
– Enables learning about wounds in combination with certain diseases
– Stimulates learning for less experienced professionals
– Awareness of situations where the application is not useful
– Difficult to define the type of wound
– Certain types of wounds are not defined in the application
– Professionals sometimes need to discuss with each other to define the type of wound
– Nurses have been encouraged and strengthened to make diagnoses of wounds
– New routines are created on how and when to assess wounds
– Various factors about the patient are of vital importance for wound healing
– Professionals think that more guidance in the application is needed
– Professionals should learn to be more comfortable to make assessments
– Checklists for different types of wounds are suggested
– Suggestions on how to measure wound pockets are discussed
– Suggestions of products to use when patients are allergic to certain products
– Information about basic cleaning routines for wounds could be included in the library
– To be cost-effective in healing wounds – not just use cheap dressings
Treatments of wounds– Enables support with recommendations of treatments and dressing for certain wounds
– Provides structured information about types of dressing to use for different types of wounds
– Tendons and bones in wounds are difficult to treat using the application
– There should be routines on which professionals could do what
– Training is needed for certain treatments
– Redressing as rarely as possible
– Need of redressing often means wrong dressing or bandage
– Know what treatments to avoid for wound healing
– Ambiguities on who should prescribe wrapping
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