Accepted Article This article has been accepted for publication and undergone full peer review but has not been through the copyediting, typesetting, pagination and proofreading process, which may lead to differences between this version and the Version of Record. Please cite this article as doi: 10.1111/jocn.14193 This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. MRS. BEATE-CHRISTIN HOPE KOLLTVEIT (Orcid ID : 0000-0002-2704-6493) Article type : Original Article Telemedicine follow-up facilitates more comprehensive diabetes foot ulcer care: A qualitative study in home based and specialist health care. Beate-Christin Hope Kolltveit, MSc, PhD student, RN 1 , Sally Thorne, PhD, RN 2 , Marit Graue, PhD, RN 1,3 , Eva Gjengedal, PhD, RN 3,4 , Marjolein M. Iversen, PhD, RN 1,5 and Marit Kirkevold, PhD, RN 1,6 1 Faculty of Health and Social Science, Centre for Evidence-Based Practice, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Bergen, Norway, 2 School of Nursing, University of British Columbia, Canada, 3 Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen, Norway, 4 Faculty of Health and Social Care, Molde University College, Molde, Norway, 5 Department of Medicine, Section of Endocrinology, Stavanger University Hospital, Norway, 6 Department of Nursing Science, Institute of Health and Society, University of Oslo, Norway. Corresponding author: Beate-Christin Hope Kolltveit, Faculty of Health and Social Science, Centre for Evidence- Based Practice, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Bergen, Norway. E-mail: bchk@hvl.no ABSTRACT Aims and objectives To investigate the application of a telemedicine intervention in diabetes foot ulcer care, and its implications for the health care professionals in the clinical field.