The Online Support Platform for Facilitating Effective Communications between Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy (FSHD) Patients and the Healthcare Network

Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) is one typical type of chronic Neuromuscular Dystrophy. This type of disease necessitates network care because it is complex and necessitates a network of diverse healthcare expertise to reduce the negative effects of the disease and rehabilitate the patient to live a more normal life. As a result,...

Contextual information sharing in patient referrals: Facilitating implicit information exchange in interdisciplinary communication

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...

Towards Optimal Communication of Patient Details in Tactical Combat Casualty Care

Due to the increase of political friction and terrorist attacks, the Netherlands Ministry of Defence (MinDef) is preparing its armed forces for combat situations. If these occur, a large number of victims is expected in a short amount of time, which puts pressure on the military medical chain. As it is crucial to treat patients as early as...

Designing for Shared Decision Making

Can ICT Contribute to Achieve Independent Living?: Exploring Capabilities of the Health and Wellbeing Platform

As the world population is getting older, healthcare expenditure in many countries are increased due to the fact that more people become vulnerable to various health problems. Because of this, elderly people are encouraged to live independently in their own home as long as possible. Promoting independence to elderly people will not be possible...