Wireless Technology Enables Remote Monitoring of Wounds

In what could become routine practice, Wound Technology Network (WTN), a physicians group, has signed a two-year agreement with AT&T to use its wireless technology to remotely diagnose and prescribe treatments for patients with chronic wounds. Using the HTC FUZE smart mobile device, clinical staff can capture and transmit images of patient wounds to specialists. The images can then be uploaded into the patient’s electronic medical record, George Pollack, WTN’s chief technology officer, said.