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Parekh, Nikesh (author), Ali, Khalid (author), Stevenson, Jennifer M. (author), Davies, J. Graham (author), Schiff, Rebekah (author), van der Cammen, T.J.M. (author), Harchowal, Jatinder (author), Raftery, James (author), Rajkumar, Chakravarthi (author)
AIMS: <br/><br/>Polypharmacy is increasingly common in older adults, placing them at risk of medication-related harm (MRH). Patients are particularly vulnerable to problems with their medications in the period following hospital discharge due to medication changes, and poor information transfer between hospital and primary care. The aim of this...
journal article 2018
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Caprari, E. (author), Porsius, J.T. (author), D'Olivo, P. (author), Bloem, R.M. (author), Vehmeijer, S.B.W. (author), Stolk, N. (author), Melles, M. (author)
Supporting teamwork in healthcare is a way to foster both the quality and safety of care, and better working conditions for all the team members. Although increasing attention is paid to this topic on a general level, there is less knowledge about its unfolding in orthopaedic units and its translation to interventions. OBJECTIVE: To identify...
journal article 2018
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Ho, Hung (author)
With the rise of multidrug resistant pathogens and Hospital Acquired infections other ways of disinfection should be considered. The growing infections rate causes economic burden due to hospitalization of infected patients where as hospitalization can lead to more infections due to cross-contamination. Current techniques in Infection Prevention...
master thesis 2017
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Hage, Catherine (author)
Every year 550 children are diagnosed with a cancer in the Netherlands. Currently a new hospital is being built in Utrecht, the Prinses Maxima Centrum for child Oncology, this hospital will focus solely on paediatric oncology.<br/><br/>The families that deal with child cancer have to go to the hospital frequently and spend long days there. These...
master thesis 2017
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Martens, Rosanne (author)
‘Navigating a hospital for children’ was a project done for the Wilhelmina children’s hospital. This project focuses on letting children feel in control while they find their way to the right department, in contrast to feeling stressed and scared in the (new) hospital environment. The project goal was to design a positive wayshowing system that...
master thesis 2017
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Bovens, Bella (author)
When you are ill, a visit to the hospital is often a stressful and worrisome experience. Especially when you are a child and you cannot fully understand or imagine what is going to happen to you. A clinical environment that contains ‘scary’ looking medical equipment does not make you feel at ease. On the contrary, this can be experienced as...
master thesis 2017
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Stravens, Sophie (author)
Recent years, several developments are visible within the theatre sector. Most theatre-organisations throughout the Netherlands cope with the same challenges. Revenues are decreasing and the very limited use of the theatre buildings is an issue. The buildings should be used in a different way by their users. In many cases, theatre organisations...
master thesis 2017
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de Geus, Marijke (author)
The focus of this project is two-fold: first it explores how animation can be used to make functional robots more intuitively understandable. A framework for functional robot developers, to apply animations in the designed behaviours of their products, is proposed. Second, it demonstrates the value of the incorporation of animated behaviours, as...
master thesis 2017
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Gillis, Y.N. (author)
The Emergency Department (ED) treats patients who have acute conditions and operates twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. At the ED department at the University Medical Centre Utrecht (UMCU), the patients are treated in single rooms. There is not always direct contact between patients and the ED team, because the team is responsible for...
master thesis 2017
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Carlier, M. (author)
A high percentage of hospital admissions is due to surgical interventions. The operating theatre, which holds the operating rooms (ORs), is therefore one of the key resources in hospitals. Managing the operating theatre and finding an optimal OR schedule is complex due to the many factors that influence it. Scheduling a surgery in an OR...
master thesis 2017
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Latcham, T. (author)
This report is an account of the graduation project executed by Thomas Latcham for the Wilhelmina Kinderziekenhuis (WKZ) in Utrecht, concluding his master degree in Design for Interaction at the Delft University of Technology. The goal of the project was to design a new garment for the pediatric patients in the hospital to wear when undergoing...
master thesis 2017
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de Rond, P.D. (author)
This report presents the development of Interactive Mood, a digital solution that raises awareness of stress among neonatal nurses and stimulates social support within the team. It is part of the graduation project for the master Design for Interaction at the Delft University of Technology and was carried out on behalf of the Erasmus MC-Sophia...
master thesis 2017
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Driessen, Sara R C (author), Wallwiener, Markus (author), Taran, Florin Andrei (author), Cohen, Sarah L. (author), Kraemer, Bernhard (author), Wallwiener, Christian W. (author), Van Zwet, Erik W. (author), Brucker, Sara Y. (author), Jansen, F.W. (author)
Purpose: To compare hospital versus individual surgeon’s perioperative outcomes for laparoscopic hysterectomy (LH), and to assess the relationship between surgeon experience and perioperative outcomes. Methods: A retrospective analysis of all prospective collected LHs performed from 2003 to 2010 at one medical center was performed....
journal article 2017
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Doornbosch, G.R.R. (author)
The Senza tea 2.0 project focused on creating a sustainable product-service-system for the serving of tea within hospitalities. The project resulted in a new business model for Senza tea Company, involving the use of a new dispenser system and table display, resulting in a 100% waste free service. The service embodies the principles from the...
master thesis 2016
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van Gelder, M.H. (author)
Het identificeren van ruimtelijke kwaliteiten, waarvan wetenschappelijk bewezen is dat deze een positief effect hebben op de gezondheid en het welbevinden van patiënten en de staf, om daarmee architecten een handreiking te bieden voor het ontwerpen van betere ziekenhuizen. Deze maatregelen zijn ontleend aan onderzoek dat is verricht in het kader...
doctoral thesis 2016
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Van de Ven, J.P. (author)
This is my thesis research at the Architectural Engineering studio of the TU Delft faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment. The research paper proposes design directives by which an architect can foresee on the design for the new built and retrofit of a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) for an academic hospital.
master thesis 2016
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Blank, J.L.T. (author), van Hulst, B.L. (author), Valdmanis, Vivian (author)
In this paper, we address the issue of whether it is economically advantageous to concentrate emergency rooms (ERs) in large hospitals. Besides identifying economies of scale of ERs, we also focus on chain economies. The latter term refers to the effects on a hospital's costs of ER patients who also need follow-up inpatient or outpatient...
journal article 2016
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Thijssen, O.A. (author)
The department of Critical Care Medicine at SickKids Children’s Hospital is an ever changing environment. In the department’s units one finds the most vulnerable patients, surrounded with many monitoring devices, intravenous pumps and life support devices. Sudden changes in their physiological states require clinicians to make quick decisions...
master thesis 2015
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Langeveld, A.T. (author)
In the medical world the focus is shifting from a clinical perspective towards a user experience perspective. The Leids University Medical Centre has the vision to put the patient central. Therefore in this project the patient experience was optimized by design within the current Integral Patient Logistics Project at the Acute Medical Unit at...
master thesis 2015
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Jöbsis, J. (author)
It is impossible to make hospital systems inaccessible for intruders and actually the reason is the accessibility of users. Users are vulnerable to hacking attempts, such as phishing mails and malicious USB-sticks. As there are enough technological security solutions out there the weakest link of security is not on the prevention side, but it is...
master thesis 2015
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