Remote Wound Clinic

 Tele-dermatology has been successfully used in Norway to treat leg ulcers and wounds. The Finnish partners established a remote wound clinic which videolinked a health care centre in Pudasjärvi and the patient’s home. A remote consultation clinic was also established between the health care centre and the Oulu University Hospital. You may read the final report on the Finnish pilots here: [Final report Finland]

                                                                                                                           Source: YLE Akuutti

 Read more about this pilot (in Finnish)

• An article in Kaleva published in January 2011 http://www.kaleva.fi/uutiset/haava-paranee-etavastaanotolla/884733
• YLE Akuutti made a program about the remote wound care clinic http://ohjelmat.yle.fi/akuutti/arkisto/kaukoparannusta_videon_valityksella
• The wound care pilot was featured in YLE regional news http://yle.fi/alueet/oulu/2009/12/videoneuvottelu_tuo_yliopistosairaalan_kotiin_1290740.html
• http://yle.fi/alueet/oulu/2010/03/virtuaalilaakari_jeesaa_potilasta_etaalta_1550460.html

Other articles (in Finnish):

• http://www.mediuutiset.fi/uutisarkisto/article368154.ece 
• http://www.mediuutiset.fi/uutisarkisto/article358720.ece 
• [Iinjokiseutu 22.2.2010]
• http://www.terveysjatalous.fi/lehti/2010_02.pdf (pages 12-15)

Read about the final seminar and an interview of professor Richard Woootton in Pohjanpiiri magazine (in Finnish), pages 11-15.

Articles in English:

•  Project in Panorama magazine (page 26)  http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/sources/docgener/panorama/pdf/mag33/mag33_en.pdf
•  a follow-up story of our project in the Autumn 2010 issue of Panorama (page 25)