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Plantar thermal and visual scan data were transmitted daily to a centralised monitoring service for daily review. Any abnormalities were immediately reported to the patient's podiatric healthcare provider, who determined appropriate intervention. Primary endpoints were patient adherence, device utility and data validity.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      All participants with an active device (\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0=\u00a026) took thermal and visual scans on 1547\u00a0days during 1940 active study days, averaging 5.3\u00a0\u00b1\u00a01.4 scans\/week, with 80\u00a0\u00b1\u00a019% adherence (days scan recorded\/days in study*100). Visual scans correctly identified all incident DFUs (\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0=\u00a07). Podiatrists agreed that scans enabled the identification of skin integrity issues earlier than standard care (in 82% cases), finding visual scan images useful in 90% of reports and thermal data in 12%. Remote visual assessments agreed well with gold\u2010standard podiatric examinations in identifying skin integrity risks (kappa\u00a0=\u00a00.67 [95% CI, 0.53\u20130.82,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0&lt;\u00a00.001]), also showing good sensitivity (80%) and specificity (100%).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Remote foot scanning was easy to perform and was used consistently by vulnerable patients. Scans were useful for remote podiatric foot assessments and interventions, and visual images identified DFUs\/skin problems to a good level. 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