Dagelijks laten consumenten een enorme hoeveelheid aan data van zichzelf achter op het web. Zowel fysiek als digitaal moeten consumenten zich steeds vaker registreren om gebruik te kunnen maken van diverse (overheids)diensten, bedrijven of webwinkels. Online registratie hoeft niet lang te duren; via …

Introduction: Success of e-health relies on the extent to which the related technology, such as the electronic device, is accepted by its users. However, there has been limited research on the patients’ perspective on use of e-health-related technology in rehabilitation care. Objective: To explore …

Individual and unorganized sports with a health-related focus, such as recreational running, have grown extensively in the last decade. Consistent with this development, there has been an exponential increase in the availability and use of electronic monitoring devices such as smartphone applications …

Visually impaired people (VIP) can experience difficulties in navigating urban environments. They mostly depend on the environment’s infrastructure or technical solutions like smartphone apps for navigation. However apps typically use visual and audio feedback, which can be ineffective, distracting and …

Urban environments are full of noise and obstacles, and therefore potentially dangerous and difficult to navigate for the visually impaired. Using Bluetooth beacons and a smartphone app we guide them through these environments by providing the information needed for that specific location. We present …

Humanitas Twente Match neemt deel aan een pilot ‘E-maatjes’ die door het Landelijk Bureau van vrijwilligersorganisatie Humanitas wordt uitgevoerd. Met dit behoeftenonderzoek wordt achterhaald wat behoeften, mogelijkheden, beperkingen en wensen zijn van deelnemers, vrijwilligers en coo¨rdinatoren vrijwilligerswerk …

For creating sports innovations we need tools to collect data on physical activity behaviour. Collecting data is time-consuming and expensive. Therefore, sharing data and using it to answer multiple research questions is desirable. Especially in larger multidisciplinary research projects, it is beneficial …

Which factors are important for effectiveness of sport- and health-related apps? Results of focus groups with experts. Dallinga, J, van der Werf, J , Janssen, M, Vos, S, Deutekom-Baart de la Faille, M. A huge amount of sport- and health-related smartphone applications (apps) is available in the app stores …

BACKGROUND: Postprocedural complications after elective cardiac interventions include hematomas and infections. Telemedical wound assessment using mobile phones with integrated cameras may improve quality of care and help reduce costs. AIMS: We aimed to study the feasibility of telemedical wound assessment …

Cliënten, hun naasten en voedingsprofessionals (diëtisten en voedingskundigen) worden geconfronteerd met technologieën gericht op het verbeteren of behouden van gezondheid en/of kwaliteit van leven. Technologieën worden tevens ingezet om de efficiëntie en/of kosteneffectiviteit van zorg te verbeteren. …