Projects
The patientās right to privacy and autonomy against a changing healthcare model KU Leuven
Western European and Anglo-American healthcare consider patient empowerment of great importance. The patient is involved in the decision-making process about his health and patient-centeredness has become a fundamental premise for what is considered high-quality care. The question arises how to match the development and inclusion of phenomena that characterise the predominant ethos in modern healthcare systems based on big data, machine ...
Chair Province Antwerp Healthcare Professions in Evolution University of Antwerp
Balancing transparency of AI in healthcare with safety and quality. A legal and technical perspective Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Leveraging Big Data To Improve Healthcare Decision-Making KU Leuven
There is general optimism and enthusiasm that the introduction of Big Data and related technologies will substantially change and improve delivery of medical care and healthcare decision making. In the project proposed here we will explore how the use of routinely collected data (RCD) can be of real benefit for healthcare decision-making. To achieve this objective, we will explore the technical, legal and ethical problems related to ...
Culturally competent and sensitive care: study on perceptions, needs and barriers of healthcare professionals and informal carers to improve quality of care for patients with a migration background Vrije Universiteit Brussel
increasing number of patients from diverse ethnic, religious and linguistic background. Scientific
research highlights that patients from minority groups receive lower quality of care, and inequities
and disparities towards these groups can be found in healthcare.
Culturally competent and sensitive care is often cited as a ...
In search of a solid legal framework for qualitative healthcare services in hospitals KU Leuven
Many countries face challenges regarding the quality of healthcare services in hospitals. International organizations such as the WHO advocate various quality improvement strategies, including the establishment of an enabling legal framework. Despite the absence of a harmonised framework of minimal quality requirements by the EU, states have developed their own national legal frameworks. Some states have adopted lenient frameworks, ...
Immersive technology in healthcare training - ITHT Thomas More
Integration of Nurse Practitioners in healthCARE settings in Flanders (NP-Care): Nurse practitioner-sensitive outcomes for evaluation and unraveling implementation processes Ghent University
To respond to high care demands and burden on healthcare professional (HCP) teams in primary and hospital care, strengthened by the Covid-19 pandemic, care models involving nurse practitioners (NPs) who act as substitutes for doctors can be a solution. In Belgium, NP-led care is at early-stage. Although outcomes of NP-led care at patient-level have been widely studied, mainly in primary care settings, little is known about NP-sensitive ...