Abstract Healthcare organizations operate within a network of governments, insurers, inspection services and other healthcare organizations to provide clients with the best possible care. The parties involved must collaborate and are accountable to each other for the care provided. This has led to a …

Community housing services adopt care models such as rehabilitation, recovery-oriented care and person-centered planning to improve the quality of life of service users with an intellectual or psychiatric disability. However, the way these care models are implemented and practiced can negatively impact …

My recently started Civic Prototyping research group aims to develop new tools and methods enabling urban residents to exploratively research and develop applications of new technologies. This allows them to improve their everyday lives by taking their own initiative in creating valuable services, products, …

Due to changes in technology and customer behaviour, entrepreneurial firms have to constantly innovate. Here, service innovation has appeared as a successful way to overcome the dead-end road of competition (Bouwman & Fielt, 2008). Thus, entrepreneurial firms are increasingly asked to develop competences …

The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of the implementation of an Oral Care Program on home care nurses' attitudes and knowledge about oral health (care) and the impact on older people's oral health. A pre-post study, without a control group, was conducted. A preventive Oral Care Program (OCP) …

Het gebruik van data voor het inrichten en optimaliseren van dagelijkse- en bedrijfsprocessen heeft een enorme vlucht genomen. Het doel van het gebruik van data is om betere beslissingen te nemen, verbeterde, gepersonaliseerde services aan te bieden of beter inzicht te krijgen.

Sinds 2017 geldt er een geitenstop in Nederland en kunnen veehouders niet verder groeien. De vraag naar geitenmelk neemt toe en daarom proberen geitenhouders meer kilogrammen melk uit hun huidige veestapel te halen. Om de opbrengsten per geit te verhogen is het van belang dat de geit dit ook aan kan. …

Binnen veel universiteiten in Nederland, waaronder de Vrije Universiteit (VU) Amsterdam, merken ze dat Masterstudenten Geneeskunde twijfelen of geen idee hebben over hun vervolgstappen in het werkveld (Doense, Bisheshar, Kootstra & Gartzke, 2021). Er is veel keuze, maar wat past nu écht bij ze? Het doel …

Assistive Technology (AT) is any technology that supports people with functional difficulties to per form their daily activities with less difficulty and/or obstruction, thus contributing to a more fulfilling life. This refers to people of all ages and to all kinds of functional limitations, either permanent …

Background. To date, studies that have investigated the bonds between students and their institution have emphasized the importance of student–staff relationships. Measuring the quality of those relationships (i.e., relationship quality) appears to help with investigating the relational ties students …