A5010842777- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Electronic Health Records Systems
- Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
- Social Media in Health Education
- Dutch Social and Cultural Studies
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Global Health Care Issues
- Healthcare Systems and Technology
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Healthcare Systems and Public Health
- Asthma and respiratory diseases
- Healthcare cost, quality, practices
- Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
- Zoonotic diseases and public health
- Focus Groups and Qualitative Methods
- Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Wikis in Education and Collaboration
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research
- Medication Adherence and Compliance
- Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy
- Healthcare and Environmental Waste Management
- Public Health Policies and Education
- Chronic Disease Management Strategies
Zorginstituut Nederland
2016-2025
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
2022-2025
University of Amsterdam
2010-2023
Amsterdam University Medical Centers
2019-2020
University of Twente
2010-2017
University Medical Center Groningen
2014
National Institute for Public Health and the Environment
2010-2013
Amsterdam University of the Arts
2010-2012
Health Forecasting
2010
Trimbos Institute
2000-2003
The use of information and communication technologies in health care could improve healthcare quality many ways. Today's evidence base demonstrates the (cost-)effectiveness online education, self-management support tele-monitoring several domains care. While new results gradually provide more for eHealth's impact on issues, now is time to come grips with implementation issues. Documented drawbacks such as low acceptance, adoption or adherence need our attention today make most eHealth'...
The challenges for health care continue to grow and in the 21st century healthcare policymakers providers will need respond developing impact of global warming environmental service delivery. This cannot be viewed apart from current Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, which is likely linked climate crisis.
AbstractThis paper discusses research findings on non-biological risk factors associated with illicit drug use. There is an established body of North American in this field, and a growing European literature. We find that there interplay individual environmental use, the permeation their interactions potentially limitless. Within behavioural science literature, we identify three main analytical dimensions for understanding 'risk factors'. These are: 'intrapersonal'; 'micro-environmental';...
Background: In the Netherlands, almost 600,000 people had chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in 2017.This decreases quality of life for many and each year, COPD leads to approximately 6,800 deaths about one billion health care expenditures.It is expected that eHealth may improve access reduce costs.However, there no conclusive scientific evidence available added value care.We conducted a scoping review into use Dutch care.The aim research was provide an overview all applications...
Background The health care sector contributes notably to environmental harms, impacting human and ecosystem health. Hence, countries increasingly set ambitions transition environmentally sustainable care, focusing on resource use, energy consumption, patient travel. Telemedicine is often considered a promising solution reduce travel-related carbon emissions. However, underlying impact assessments lack important components such as staff travel fail adhere standardized conduct reporting....
In 2023, global temperatures reached record-breaking highs, highlighting the urgent need for climate action. Healthcare is responsible 4-8% of carbon emissions, contributing to warming and impacting health billions people. Within healthcare, gynecology has a significant ecological footprint due its high volume broad range care services. However, little known on how departments’ management structures, information systems processes can be optimized reduce this specialty. Therefore,...
This Comment presents a case example of Dutch educational activism in response to growing concerns about our planet's health. After briefly outlining the relevant context, we describe GREENER-collective, hoping inspire others organise advance planetary GREENER stands for green health-care education healthy future. With an annual turnover €100 billion and employing 14% working population, sector is major economic value. The produces 7% country's greenhouse gas emission, 4% its total waste,...
Dry powder inhalers (DPIs) and soft mist have a substantially lower global warming potential than pressurised metered-dose (pMDIs). To help mitigate climate change, we assessed the emission reduction in CO2 equivalents when replacing pMDIs by non-propellant (NPIs) Dutch respiratory healthcare estimated associated cost.We performed descriptive analysis of prescription data from two national databases independent governmental bodies. First, calculated number patients with chronic obstructive...
During a three-month study period, visitors to an online decision aid (DA) for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) were invited complete questionnaire before and after working through the DA. Some 75,000 unique found their way page on DAs, although fewer than 1 in 10 visited DA ADHD, staying there about six minutes average using 8–9 clicks navigate. A total of 195 people completed first (a response rate 3%). Only 12 respondents (6%) second questionnaire. There was no significant...
A new network of over 72 organizations from 12 countries was activated during a convening at ARTIS in Amsterdam on 26–27 September 2022. Representatives are aligned with the transdisciplinary field and social movement Planetary Health, which analyzes addresses impacts human disruptions to natural systems health all life Earth. The European Health Hub consists various sectors, including universities, healthcare, youth, business, civil society. Convening, co-organized by Alliance (PHA),...
Zoonoses are a class of infectious diseases causing growing concern health authorities worldwide. Human and economic costs zoonoses substantial, especially in low-resource countries. New emerge as consequence ecological, demographic, cultural, social behavioral factors. Meanwhile, global antimicrobial resistance increases. This public threat demands for new approach to which the concept "One Health" is emblematical. It emphasizes interconnectedness human, animal environmental health. To...
The First European Planetary Health Congress, held from 5 to 7 July 2023 at ARTIS in Amsterdam, represented a significant milestone the global movement of Health. event brought together 121 attendees academia and private sector dedicated addressing impact human disruptions natural systems on well-being life Earth. Co-organized by Natura Artis Magistra (ARTIS) Hub Alliance (PHA), Congress featured five workshops: Future Cities, Impact through Synergy, Education, Movement Building, Food...
Abstract Against a backdrop of New Public Management and healthcare system reform the Dutch Ministry Health commissioned National Institute for Environment (RIVM) to develop, host manage an online public national health care portal. The portal aims facilitate consumer decision‐making behavior in contribute transparency order improve quality general functioning markets. This article describes policy context uses multi‐methods approach evaluate extent which portal, as instrument policy, is...