Scant research has attempted to describe the value of NP practice for healthcare organizations in the Netherlands, the impact on organizational structures, and the division of jurisdictional control over prescribing. Other studies mostly focused on patient satisfaction with the NP role in comparison …

The aim of the study was to gain insight into use of a new board game (SeCZ TaLK) to facilitate discussing sexual health with adolescents with chronic conditions in healthcare and special education, and to establish impeding and facilitating factors for using the game.

BACKGROUND: Improvement of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) is an important goal in preventive cardiology. HRQOL is also related to depressive symptoms, which represent a common co-morbidity and risk factor in patients with an acute coronary syndrome (ACS). Comprehensive nurse-coordinated prevention …

A broad agenda with societal urgency — From improving children's learning performances to delaying the onset of Alzheimer's disease. From productive employees to playing football to counteract radicalisation. From including the disabled to economic export product. Sport can make a positive contribution …

Drop-out from the nursing profession is increasing, while at the same time the healthcare job market is rapidly expanding. Research on retaining nurses from the start of their career is scarce. The overall aim of the SPRiNG project is to develop a targeted program addressing the resilience of new graduate …

he reorientation of the public sector along market lines has led to the paradigm of New Public Management (NPM): the assumption that the public sector can be improved by management principles and techniques traditionally associated with the private sector. However, market orientation has also become …

As smart solutions for healthcare (eHealth) are becoming increasingly widespread, apps and other digital devices may effectively complement various forms of psychotherapy. We point at children and adolescents in psychological therapy as a yet-underserved public for similar solutions. Moreover, a shared …

Patiëntparticipatie is een veelvoorkomend onderwerp binnen de zorg. Ondanks invoering van het nieuwe zorgstelsel stelt de literatuur en praktijkervaring dat de participatie van de patiënt nog moeizaam van de grond is gekomen. In het kader van het bevorderen van patiëntparticipatie is er een communicatiekaart, …

Describing and analysing process interfaces in healthcare: an operations management perspective