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Acute wounds can be described as wounds that heal through the routine stages of inflammation followed by new tissue formation and finally remodelling which occur in a timely and efficient manner (Clark et al. 2020). Traumatic and surgical wounds, burns and abrasions are considered generally to be acute wounds (Sen et al. 2017). Chronic wounds can therefore be considered acute wounds initially but become chronic wounds when they fail to heal within a period of four to six weeks (Gottrup et al. 2010). Chronic wounds place a significant burden on the health services worldwide with a prevalence of 2.2 per 1,000 population (Martinengo et al. 2019). To prevent the transition from acute wound to chronic wound early investment in wound care is essential (Kielo-Viljamaa et al. 2022). Effective and efficient acute wound assessment in clinical practice can help healthcare providers optimise wound diagnosis, improve wound care-plans, assist with workload and achieve higher quality wound management for the patient (Anisuzzaman et al. 2022). Better understanding of the barriers and facilitators to the use of digital technology within wound management would benefit its implementation within wound care management (Shi et al. 2022).