Standardization
Whether you are a hospital system or stand alone facility the KISS wound photo guides are the best scaling guides to standardize digital photography documentation.
Having standards ensures a baseline of quality and reduces the liability to a facility. Consider the following success factors:
Transferability – the KISS guides can be easily disseminated throughout a facility or from person to person as they move through the facility. Someone who moves from facility to facility or a home health provider can easily have the guides on hand.
Replication – The KISS guides meet the inter-rater reliability from person to person or facility to facility. A risk manager or physician will understand the size of the wounds they are reviewing from a medical record with ease because the guides are independent of the person doing the assessment.
Implementation – Because the guides are so simple it makes them easily implemented within one facility or a hospital system.