Infected Venous Leg Ulcers: Management With Silver-releasing Foam Dressing .

The aim of this work was to study the safety and effectiveness of silver foam dressing (Contreet® Ag, Coloplast, Humlebaek, Denmark) in promoting the healing of infected venous ulcers over 9 weeks of treatment. Forty-two patients with infected venous ulcers were included and randomized into two groups. Group A had 21 patients (12 women and 9 men, mean age 61.

Health and lifestyle management via interactive TV in patients with severe chronic cardiovascular diseases.

A pilot trial of an interactive TV system took place at the Royal Brompton Hospital, involving nine hospitalized and 12 non-hospitalized patients with adult congenital heart disease. Following a short training session, patients took their measurements (blood pressure, ECG measurement, oxygen saturation, bodyweight) and submitted their data through the interactive TV system. The majority perceived the system as useful, efficient and appropriate for use with their condition (67%), and they were satisfied with the usability of the system (71%).

Public perception of realtime information services for environmental monitoring and management of asthma.

A questionnaire was distributed to asthma patients and relatives of paediatric patients in the Royal Brompton Hospital outpatient clinic in London during March 2003. The aim was to determine how well informed those affected by asthma and allergic diseases were, to find out the best medium for distributing relevant information (e.g.

Telecommunications model for continuing education of health professionals: the Royal Brompton case.

Telemedicine is said to be helpful to both patients and providers, but we need real-world examples to demonstrate its effectiveness. This paper presents such an example. Royal Brompton, under the Tele-remedy Program of EC Telecom, conducted a project with the Children's Hospital of Athens, Greece, to provide remote diagnosis management and continuing education for heart disease, using European ISDN technology.

Citizen centered health and lifestyle management via interactive TV: The PANACEIA-ITV health system.

In the context of an IST European project with acronym PANACEIA-ITV, a home care service provisioning system is described, based on interactive TV technology. The purpose of PANACEIA-ITV is to facilitate essential lifestyle changes and to promote compliance with scientifically sound self-care recommendations, through the application of interactive digital television for family health maintenance. The means to achieve these goals are based on technological, health services and business models.