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Çelik, Eren (author)The 2006 health care reforms in the Netherlands were aimed at improving the affordability, accessibility, and quality of health care, as well as freedom in health care. However, the reality is that since the reforms (which include the privatisation of health-care insurance), costs have further increased and accessibility has decreased while...master thesis 2023
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Faber, J.S. (author), Poot, Charlotte C. (author), Dekkers, Tessa (author), Romero Herrera, N.A. (author), Chavannes, N.H. (author), Meijer, Eline (author), Visch, V.T. (author)Background: Current eHealth interventions are poorly adopted by people with low health literacy (LHL) as they often fail to meet their needs, skills, and preferences. A major reason for this poor adoption is the generic, one-size-fits-all approach taken by designers of these interventions, without addressing the needs, skills, and preferences...journal article 2023
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Qian, QK (author), Ho, Winky K.O. (author), Jayantha, Wadu Mesthrige (author), Chan, Edwin H.W. (author)The rapidly growing aging population is a global phenomenon imposing societal challenges on many cities. ‘Aging-in-place’ as a popular concept accommodates both the elderly desire to age in a familiar environment and adaptive old home modifications for aging. However, this concept has not been explored in-depth systematically in the urban...journal article 2022
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Richie, C.S. (author)Artificial intelligence (AI) can transform health care by delivering medical services to underserved areas, while also filling gaps in health care provider availability. However, AI may also lead to patient harm due to fatal glitches in robotic surgery, bias in diagnosis, or dangerous recommendations. Despite concerns ethicists have identified...journal article 2022
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Gamboa Hernandez, Aline (author)This thesis aimed to aid ErasmusMC in the workforce planning process of deciding how to implement training among the nursing personnel in order to build a more flexible workforce, so the hospital can be prepared for fluctuating and unexpected demand, while minimizing the costs of doing so.<br/><br/>To accomplish this, a mathematical model was...master thesis 2021
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Zhang, Tianren (author)takeUthere is a digital product design for nurses in the hospital to reduce working stress during work break time. As the professions that help people solve health problems, the hospital staff pay attention to the patientʼs physical condition all the time, including nurses, they face complex and difficult tasks every day. During the work, they...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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Smit, Jim (author)Background: The covid-19 pandemic has overwhelmed hospitals worldwide and clinical prediction models may assist in timely identification of covid-19 patients at risk for clinical deterioration, i.e. `early warning'. In this article, we report on the development and validation of a new early warning model that predicts unplanned ICU admission or...master thesis 2021
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Fecondo, Federica (author)From a practical perspective, the UK, like so many other countries, is struggling to have a complete HTM implementation. The sources suggest that British health care managers face financial and personnel availability pressures, and this makes it difficult to follow the instructions provided by the various organizations for the implementation of...master thesis 2021
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Miron, Bogdan (author)With healthcare systems being regarded as one of the critical infrastructure sectors, evaluated as a multi-trillion-dollar industry, and with 5 % to 10 % of total health expenditures allocated to medical devices, it is important to pay special attention to what and how technologies are brought into hospitals. This is heavily influenced by good...master thesis 2021
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Roorda, Coen (author)This report describes a graduation project for the MSc Program Strategic Product Design. The client of this project is a University Medical Centre in the Netherlands. Due to privacy, the client is referred to as: “the Dutch UMC.” The Dutch UMC wants to become an innovating leader in health care but faces many problems during the act of...master thesis 2021
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Agres, Kat R. (author), Schaefer, Rebecca S. (author), Volk, Anja (author), van Hooren, Susan (author), Holzapfel, Andre (author), Dalla Bella, Simone (author), Müller, Meinard (author), de Witte, Martina (author), Neerincx, M.A. (author)The fields of music, health, and technology have seen significant interactions in recent years in developing music technology for health care and well-being. In an effort to strengthen the collaboration between the involved disciplines, the workshop “Music, Computing, and Health” was held to discuss best practices and state-of-the-art at the...journal article 2021
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Tummers, Fokkedien H.M.P. (author), Draaisma, Werner A. (author), Demirkiran, Ahmet (author), Brouwer, Tammo A. (author), Lagerveld, Brunolf W. (author), van Schrojenstein Lantman, Esther S. (author), Spijkers, Klaartje (author), Coppus, Sjors F.P.J. (author), Jansen, F.W. (author)Background. During the COVID-19 pandemic the question arises if laparoscopy, as an aerosol forming procedure, poses a potential risk for viral transmission of SARS-CoV-2 to healthcare workers. Methods. A literature search was conducted using PubMed, Embase and MEDLINE. Articles reporting information regarding COVID-19 or other relevant...review 2021
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Wang, G. (author), Albayrak, A. (author), Kortuem, G.W. (author), van der Cammen, T.J.M. (author)Background: Care personalization is key to the well-being of people with dementia according to person-centered care. With the development of the internet of things, a large quantity of personal data can be collected securely and reliably, which has the potential to facilitate care personalization for people with dementia. Yet, there are...journal article 2021
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Heijnis, Marijn (author)Semarang is one of the large historical harbour cities on Java, Indonesia. The historical centre of the city is characteristic for its colonial set-up. During the last few decades the city of Semarang has been expanding rapidly. Nowadays, the historical centre of the city is not central anymore. In Semarang, the functions which require a lot of...master thesis 2020
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Pietjouw, Jurgen (author)IntroductionThis Strategic Product Design master thesis aims to find a solution to the problem of ill fitting care trajectories that result in overtreatment, higher costs and negatively impacted health outcomes. This project was created with the recently founded Reinier Haga Orthopedic CenterLiterature and Field studiesTo understand the problem...master thesis 2020
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Kuijpers, Martha (author)The goal of this thesis is to create a shared vision and change strategy for the merging neonatology departments of Amsterdam University Medical Centres (Amsterdam UMC). The Amsterdam UMC currently exists out of the two hospitals VUmc and AMC merging to become one hospital. The neonatology department is one of the first departments that will...master thesis 2020
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Meulendijks, Paul (author)This master thesis tackles the questions: How to involve child patients in their clinical tests and their test results in a child-centred way? How to enable and encourage them to participate in the discussions around their care?<br/>It focuses on the not yet existing (July 2020) context of the Child Brain Lab, a clinical research project that is...master thesis 2020
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Fleischer, J.C. (author), Diehl, J.C. (author), Wauben, L.S.G.L. (author), Dankelman, J. (author)Three-dimensional (3D) printing may be a solution to shortages of equipment and spare parts in the healthcare sector of low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Polylactic acid (PLA) for 3D printing is widely available and biocompatible, but there is a gap in knowledge concerning its compatibility with chemical disinfectants. In this study, 3D...journal article 2020
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Seel, Thomas (author), Kok, M. (author), McGinnis, Ryan S. (author)This editorial provides a concise introduction to the methods and applications of inertial sensors. We briefly describe the main characteristics of inertial sensors and highlight the broad range of applications as well as the methodological challenges. Finally, for the reader’s guidance, we give a succinct overview of the papers included in...contribution to periodical 2020