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Geurtsen, Jesse (author)If nothing changes, one in four employees must work in the healthcare sector in 2040, according to the Scientific Council for Government Policy (WRR, 2021). Therefore, acute care must undergo a fundamental system transformation to effectively address the needs of a growing and ageing population, while on the other hand there is a growing...master thesis 2023
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Karki, Ragini (author)The main goal of this thesis is to create remote patient management (RPM) strategy to effectively involve patients’ families into e-health services, and promote the adoption and long-term adherence to lifestyle <br/>modifications of entire families. By exploring the potential of family-centered care ideology for healthcare delivery, this thesis...master thesis 2023
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ter Haak, Boris (author)You will be reading a comprehensive study that examines the shortage of instruments for performing surgery in sub-Saharan Africa and the wastage of quality surgical instruments in the Netherlands. The report explores the potential solution of repositioning the excess instruments to sub-Saharan Africa, focusing on three product categories...master thesis 2023
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Müller, Britt (author)Children with a Congenital Heart Defect (CHD) need to visit the outpatient clinic regularly their whole lives, often starting from birth. These hospital visits are frequently accompanied by feelings of anxiety and fear, which can have a detrimental impact on a child’s life. In collaboration with the Hospital Hero Foundation and the Willem...master thesis 2023
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Koot, Veerle (author)The healthcare sector uses a lot of on single use medical products, causing large amounts of CO₂ emissions and excessive amounts of waste. This project contributes to a circular Intensive Care Unit (ICU) by investigating the barriers and possible solutions for a transition from single use video laryngoscopes (VL) to (partly) reusable ones, in...master thesis 2022
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Heijman, Jim (author)Floods, long periods of drought, wildfires, and natural disasters are becoming more frequent, in more extreme proportions. Our current food system is a major contributor to this. In particular, the livestock industry. This is due to the amount of land and water that the livestock sector uses, and the emission of greenhouse gasses. In order to...master thesis 2022
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Khot, Rucha (author)Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy that include gestational hypertension are seen to complicate pregnancies worldwide. Even if hypertension resolves postpartum, these women are at an increased risk of developing cardiovascular issues in the future. So, they are recommended lifelong lifestyle changes that include making adjustments to their diet...master thesis 2021
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Leon Aguirre, Maria (author)This project envisions the future of telemonitoring for peri-operative care. Through an extensive literature research and further expert and context exploration, a design strategy is created, as a starting point for the development of new services and technologies in healthcare around surgical environments. The design process with a strong focus...master thesis 2021
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Verschueren, Eveline (author)The Box contains monitoring devices patients can use to perform monitoring activities in the comfort of their home. The success of the service relies on active patient participation. With The Box, the treating medical team now has insights in the patient’s health condition from a distance. It doesn’t require the patient to be physically present...master thesis 2021
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Peters, Tess (author)In this graduation thesis I investigate how to design for patient empowerment in the context of head and neck cancer (HNC) patients in their follow-up phase (the first 5 years after treatment). This project is set up with the Erasmus MC and was initiated to elaborate on their current service called the Healthcare Monitor (HM). The HM is a...master thesis 2021
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Houwen, Julian (author)Problem In the current care pathway for patients suffering from a Myocardial Infarction (MI), a paradox has been identified in long-term chronic care: modification of cardiovascular risk factors reduce mortality and prevent recurrent cardiac events. However, MI survivors rarely change their lifestyle and relapse often in old habits. The...master thesis 2021
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van Wijk, Adriaan (author)The Ocean Cleanup is an NGO founded in 2013, with the aim to rid the world’s oceans of plastic by 2040. Collecting this plastic however begs the question: ‘What to do with this waste after it has left the ocean?’To answer this question, first, it is important to look at the material. In my research, I defined the following tiers of ocean plastic...master thesis 2021
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Poves Picazo, Javier (author)This Master’s thesis looks at the development of a Service Design solution for a Supportive Health System in the field of nutrition. The project is scoped within Clear, a young organisation using Continuous Glucose Monitoring technology (CGM) to support better nutritional habits. This thesis applies a mixed-methods approach, integrating...master thesis 2021
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Zhang, Yiwen (author)With the influence of COVID-19, people all over the world are facing significant challenges. Families with school-aged children face difficulties in helping the children transition from traditional school to online education while bearing various stress due to the epidemic quarantine measures. The situation leads to an intense parent-child...master thesis 2020
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Sailer, Tim (author)To satisfy the growing needs of customers for services many product-oriented companies in various industries have started switching their focus from products towards service offerings. To stay competitive, New Service Development became an important concern for many companies to achieve. Company Z, which is one of the largest product-oriented...master thesis 2020
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Chen, Winnie (author)This master thesis explores how Philips wearable the biosensor can bring value in the cardiovascular disease care pathway. This project proposes a concept of product-service system to improve patient care in transcatheter aortic valve stenosis implantation (TAVI) perioperative journey. Aortic valve stenosis (AS) is one of the most common and...master thesis 2020
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Tsai, Yun Jung (author)Humanity grows from making mistakes. However, there is a group of people, and their cost of mistakes might be higher than the average. They are therefore protected by others, and their opportunity to explore the world is deprived. This protective behavior could be unnecessary or excessive, which is defined as overprotection. To detect the...master thesis 2019
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van Hattem, Olivier (author)This is the graduation project that was executed for the master Strategic Product Design in collaboration with Deloitte Digital. The project concluded with a proposition that Deloitte could use to inspire potential clients. The proportion shows, how to shape a flourishing and rewarding relationship between chronic patients and GPs by using...master thesis 2019
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Burford, J.C. (author)The assignment given by AFKL was to improve customer satisfaction of outstation lounges. Whether this be by improving the current lounges or by coming up with new, alternative services to the lounge. From research it was concluded that there are three different types of lounge users: time efficient, regular, and cautious or working. It’s...master thesis 2017
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