Multilingualism can both enrich and complicate interactions in health care. Several studies point out that language differences between care providers and patients can lead to less access to and lower quality of care. More specifically, challenges regarding communication, mutual understanding and shared …

Op dit moment bestaan er in Nederland wachtlijsten voor oncologische operaties welke sterk kunnen variëren in lengte. Deze periode tussen diagnose en operatie zou bezien kunnen worden als een ‘window of opportunity’ voor oncologiepatiënten om verbetering aan te brengen ten opzichte van verschillende …

Colorectale kanker is een veelvoorkomende vorm van kanker in Nederland, met duizenden nieuwe gevallen en sterfgevallen per jaar. Na een colorectale resectieoperatie kunnen postoperatieve complicaties optreden. Prehabilitatie, waarbij patiënten worden begeleid om hun fysieke en mentale gezondheid te optimaliseren, …

Background: Frailty in older adults is an increasing challenge for individuals, health care organizations and public health, both globally and in The Netherlands. To focus on frailty prevention from a public health perspective, understanding of frailty status is needed. To enable measurement of frailty …

The aim of this scoping review was to identify the functions and purposes of activity trackers that contribute to nurses' recognition and treatment of the diagnosis of Sedentary Lifestyle in patients with heart failure, and to explore how these functions can be used in the nursing process. The research …

What happens if there is a business that is strictly online, is available in multiple countries, therefore facing more competition, while having only one location for their office? This is how YourSurprise operates. Active in 28 countries, delivering almost to the whole world and having multiple websites. …

Point of Care Technology Congres

This chapter describes the growing influence of point-of-care diagnostics (POCD) on the daily lives of citizens, their immediate families, and healthcare providers. With a view to the future, the most important contemporary developments in this field are discussed, such as noninvasive sensor technology …

Lipoedema is a painful non-pitting diffuse “fatty” swelling, usually confined to the legs, that occurs mainly in women. This scoping review aimed to provide an overview of the available research on the functioning of people with lipoedema, according to the International Classification of Functioning, …

Blockchains draw everything they touch into a market logic. Is resistance possible?Activist and artistic engagements with blockchain technology point to (at least) threedifferent sets of tactics that aim to subvert this affordance of the technology. The firstis part of an accellerationist logic: riding …