Brainwise with the Self-portrait app: Providing child patients with a meaningful translation of their test-results

This report delves into the challenging process of translating complex tests from the Child Brain Lab into a design that is both accessible and engaging for children. The Child Brain Lab, part of the Erasmus MC Sophia Children’s Hospital, conducts research on brain development to gain a better understanding of the course of brain disorders and...

Face it; a visual fore-glimpse in AR for facial skin cancer patients' surgery?

Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the Netherlands, often caused by having too much exposure to UV radiation from the sun. An effect of this is that the part of the body that is exposed the most to the sun is also the body part where skin cancer is seen more often; the head. When the skin cancer gets removed surgically, the defect...

Rethinking causality, complexity and evidence for the unique patient: A causehealth resource for healthcare professionals and the clinical encounter

This open access book is a unique resource for health professionals who are interested in understanding the philosophical foundations of their daily practice. It provides tools for untangling the motivations and rationality behind the way medicine and healthcare is studied, evaluated and practiced. In particular, it illustrates the impact...

Door mijn ogen: Treasuring quality of life with frail elderly

Frail elderly have an increased risk to get involved with care. Shared decision making can help ensure that this care contributes to the elderly´s quality of life, instead of only extending life. To enable shared decision making, clear communication between the elderly and care professionals is needed, however, this communication is especially...

Shared Decision Making; Designing for Cancer Care

What role patients should assume in medical decision making is an issue that has stimulated much debate. A wide variety of opinions exist, ranging from the view that patients should assume at least some responsibility for their own treatment, to the position that it is unwise to encourage such participation because patients do not have the...

Facilitating and supporting patients in decision-making about healthcare professionals’ access to their medical data

The transfer of a patient's medical data between healthcare professionals is sometimes needed to take relevant aspects of the patient's health into account to offer fitting care for the specific patient. A patient's medical data is stored in the systems of the different healthcare professionals that treat or have treated the patient, thus...