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- ItemDigital pens and pain diaries in palliative home health care: professional caregivers' experiences.(2007-12-11) Lind, Leili; Karlsson, Daniel; Fridlund, BengtFrequent pain assessment by the use of pain diaries for the follow up of pain treatment can facilitate the caregivers work with pain control in home health care The aim was to explore and describe professional caregivers experiences of palliative home health care patients use of pain diaries and digital pen technology for frequent pain assessment A system for the follow up of pain treatment was implemented in routine care and evaluated by means of a qualitative content analysis Three nurses two physicians and one secretary were interviewed Additional analysis data were collected from patients medical records and the system log The caregivers showed a shifting outlook towards the pain assessment method an initial cautious outlook due to low expectations of the patients abilities to use the pain assessment method Despite this the caregivers experienced positive outcomes in terms of an increased awareness of pain and positive patient influences including increased participation in their care increased security and improved changes in pain treatment as a response to reported pain assessments Pain assessment by the use of pain diaries and digital pen technology has positive influences on palliative home care patients and supports the caregivers focus on the pain
- ItemEvaluation of the use of digital pens for pain assessment in palliative home healthcare.(2008-05-19) Lind, LeiliAn information system supporting pain assessment in palliative home healthcare was implemented at the hospital based home care clinic of University Hospital in Link ping Sweden Using digital pens and pain diaries pain assessments were sent from the patients home to the professional caregiver A total of 12 patients participated in the study Patients spouses and professional caregivers were interviewed Qualitative content analyses were performed on the study material All patients managed to use the pain assessment method they experienced an improved contact with the caregivers and had a sense of increased security After an initial cautious outlook the caregivers experienced positive outcomes for themselves and their patients The medical records showed that the method had had impact on treatment In conclusion the home healthcare solution provided an effortless method for pain assessment with a high degree of user acceptance for palliative patients and had positive influences on the care
- ItemNetwork solutions for home health care applications.(2003-04-16) Herzog, Almut; Lind, LeiliThe growing number of the elderly in industrialised countries is increasing the pressure on respective health care systems This is one reason for recent trends in the development and expansion of home health care organisations With Internet access available to everyone and the advent of wireless technologies advanced telehomecare is a possibility for a large proportion of the population In the near future one of the authors plans to implement a home health care infrastructure for patients with congestive heart failure and patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease The system is meant to support regular and ad hoc measurements of medical parameters in patient homes and transmission of measurement data to the home health care provider In this paper we look at network technologies that connect sensors and input devices in the patient home to a home health care provider We consider wireless and Internet technologies from functional and security related perspectives and arrive at a recommendation for our system Security and usability aspects of the proposed network infrastructures are explored with special focus on their impact on the patient home
- ItemRequirements and prototyping of a home health care application based on emerging JAVA technology.(2002-12-06) Lind, Leili; Sundvall, Erik; Karlsson, Daniel; Shahsavar, Nosrat; Ahlfeldt, HansIT support for home health care is an expanding area within health care IT development Home health care differs from other in or outpatient care delivery forms in a number of ways and thus the introduction of home health care applications must be based on a rigorous analysis of necessary requirements to secure safe and reliable health care This article reports early experiences from the development of a home health care application based on emerging JAVA technologies A prototype application for the follow up of diabetes patients is presented and discussed in relation to a list of general requirements on home health care applications
- ItemSymptom assessment in home healthcare using digital pens.(2004-01-19) Lind, Leili; Karlsson, DanielWe have developed a system allowing patients subject to palliative advanced home care to frequently submit symptom assessments from their homes Using digital pen technology developed by Anoto AB symptom assessments are transferred digitally over the GSM mobile phone network from the patient s home to the hospital clinic The system is evaluated during spring 2003 at the hospital based home care HBHC clinic of Link ping University Hospital
- ItemA system for symptom assessment in advanced palliative home healthcare using digital pens.(2005-03-03) Lind, Leili; Karlsson, DanielSymptom control is one of the most important components of delivering effective palliative care and adequate symptom assessment is a prerequisite for good symptom control Patients receiving treatment in palliative home healthcare is geographically separated from the caregivers making symptom control a challenge a challenge that could be met by the use of information and communication technology Technologies of today offer different ways for patients to assess their symptoms at home and send the assessments to the healthcare provider Examples are the use of a PC a touch tone telephone and a digital pen which require different kinds of infrastructure in the patient s home and which differ in strengths and weaknesses As part of an ongoing quality assurance work within the hospital based home care clinic at Link ping University Hospital the project has designed developed and implemented an IT support system for pain assessments for patients at home using digital pen and mobile Internet technology A questionnaire study indicated that pain assessment using digital pens was accepted by patients and that problems mainly arose from the use of the visual analogue scale