National Wound Healing Centre Uses Anoto Digital Pens to Track Patient Outcomes

AnotoAnoto, a leader in digital writing technology, has announced that National Wound Healing Centres (WHC), a clinic specialising in wound care, is now using Anoto digital pens and TELERwoundcare measurements from Anoto partner, Longhand Data to report patient progress digitally back to its head quarters.

The WHC was established in 1999 to treat complex wounds. The WHC plans a treatment course that results in the complete healing of a patient's wounds through using state of the art assessment technologies and treatments. The WHC is supplying its service under the Any Qualified Provider (AQP) scheme, in which patients and GPs will be able to choose from a range of approved providers, such as hospitals and specialist centres. The WHC achieved its AQP contract as it employs a team of specialists who have extensive expertise in treating painful and difficult wounds.

During the course of treatment, a WHC specialist assesses each patient's wounds and documents the progress and condition of the wound on paper embedded with Anoto's patented dot pattern. It is then transmitted to the Longhand Data’s TELERwoundcare system, which uses intricate measurements that are individual to each patient so that the WHC can appropriately grade each patient’s wounds, their levels of comfort, and the effectiveness of the treatment.

"When it comes to assessing patients, it is important that we capture as much information on their condition as possible," says WHC founder and managing director, Sylvie Hampton. "We often find that patients want to keep hold of their notes, so it is important that we have an instant electronic copy that we can keep on file and use to analyse the information in detail. The digital pen from Anoto makes this possible and combined with the TELER system, we can apply intricate analytics to the patients' data and use it to design a successful treatment plan as well as track the effectiveness of the prescribed treatment."

Currently, the WHC is using the digital pens primarily at its Eastbourne head quarters, but with home patient visits becoming more common, the WHC is looking to extend the digital pens to its patients’ homes, so that they can report their own condition on a daily basis.

"TELER has been designed to provide organisations such as the Wound Healing Centre with a defined measurement system that is individual to each patient," says Roger Young, managing director at Longhand Data. "The WHC works with severe and difficult wounds that require a lot of monitoring and care. The Anoto digital pens directly transmit all the information from the forms to our TELER system, which allows the WHC to accurately monitor patients throughout the entire healing process."

"Wounds can cause patients a lot of pain and discomfort, but the work of the WHC sets patients on the path to recovery. By combining its highly skilled staff with the latest technological advancements, the WHC is now at the forefront of wound care in the UK," says Robert Bakewell, general manager at Anoto Ltd. "Write live technology is transforming the way wound treatment is monitored. By combining it with technologies such as TELER, clinicians are able to design the best possible care path for all patients."

About Anoto Group
Anoto Group AB is a global leader in digital writing solutions, which enables fast and reliable transmission of handwriting into a digital format. Anoto operates worldwide through a global partner network that delivers user-friendly digital writing solutions for efficient capture, transmission, distribution and storage of data. Anoto is currently in use across multiple business segments, e.g. healthcare, banking and finance, transportation and logistics and education. The Anoto Group has over 100 employees and is headquartered in Lund (Sweden). The company also has offices in Basingstoke, Guildford and Wetherby (UK), Amsterdam (NL), Boston (US) and Tokyo (Japan). The Anoto share is traded on the Small Cap list of NASDAQ OMX Stockholm under the ticker ANOT.

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