Although many pilots with new eHealth products have been developed, only very few of these products reach widespread adoption within healthcare organisations. The literature mentions a wide range of bottlenecks for the acceptance of new technology in the healthcare industry, among which insufficient …

Samenvatting Het doel van dit onderzoek is om inzicht te krijgen in de intentie van directe behandelaren om het middel beeldbellen als nieuw communicatiemiddel in te zetten voor-, tijdens- en na opname van cliënten met een Autisme Spectrum Stoornis (ASS) in een psychiatrische kliniek. Een explorerend …

PREVIEW - User driven design in smart care homes means designing for different end users with different values. In an extended user-centered design and research model, the Value Sensitive Design methodology as well as elements of Technology Acceptance Models are incorporated. The stages of the design …

In order to accept and implement technology in a successful manner, not only determinants (acceptance barriers or facilitators) related to individual persons, for instance, health care providers as well as health care recipients, are important. Also interpersonal relationships on the work floor as well …

Perceptions and values of care professionals are critical in successfully implementing technology in health care. The aim of this study was threefold: (1) to explore the main values of health care professionals, (2) to investigate the perceived influence of the technologies regarding these values, and …

Purpose: To provide an overview of factors influencing the acceptance of electronic tech-nologies that support aging in place by community-dwelling older adults. Since technologyacceptance factors fluctuate over time, a distinction was made between factors in the pre-implementation stage and factors …

Although aging in place is preferred by most older adults and policy makers, there are situations in which aging in place can be challenging. This is particularly true in the case of cognitive decline, which has a profound influence on all aspects of life, including the use of technology

Binnen a.s.r. doet het Klant Contact Centrum mee aan het Keurmerk Klantgericht Verzekeren. Dit keurmerk laat naar buiten zien dat een verzekeraar klantgericht is. Wanneer een verzekeraar dit keurmerk heeft, kan de consument erop vertrouwen dat die snel en klantvriendelijk wordt geholpen. Het keurmerk …

Emotional factors related to aging at home assistive technology are known to affect technology acceptance, effective use, and quality of life improvement. This paper is a survey on the affective dimension of robot-based systems conceived for helping elderly at home. The specificity of elders’ capabilities …

This paper describes the approach used to identify elderly people’s needs and attitudes towards applying ambient sensor systems for monitoring daily activities in the home. As elderly are typically unfamiliar with such ambient technology, interactive tools for explicating sensor monitoring –an interactive …