Projects
Evidence-based Prehospital Care: How First Responders Are Bridging the Gap in Emergency Medical Services KU Leuven
In Belgium, the law of 8 July 1964 and its implementing decrees organise Emergency Medical Services (EMS) for people whose health condition requires immediate unplanned care. This assistance is organised through the deployment of an Emergency Medical Dispatch Centre (EMD) that performs three tasks: initial care on site, transport to the nearest hospital and admission to a hospital service.
The first link in the chain-of-survival ...
Smartphone crowdsourced medical data for biomedical research: Addressing the ethical, legal and health policy concerns Ghent University
Smartphone applications for health are being increasingly used as a
platform for collecting and sharing large volumes of crowdsourced
personal health data for biomedical research and algorithm training.
Consumer genetics products are similarly allowing individuals to have
direct access to their own genetic data and to share such data ...
Smartphone crowdsourced medical data for biomedical research: Addressing the ethical, legal and health policy concerns KU Leuven
Smartphone applications for health are being increasingly used as a platform for collecting and sharing large volumes of crowdsourced personal health data for biomedical research and algorithm training. Consumer genetics products are similarly allowing individuals to have direct access to their own genetic data and to share such data with researchers. Using smartphone and genetic data in these ways presents numerous opportunities to expand ...
Coordinating Research and Evidence for Medical Devices KU Leuven
ORE–MD will translate expert scientific and clinical evidence on study designs for evaluating high-risk medical devices into advice for EU regulators, to achieve an appropriate balance between innovation, safety, and effectiveness. A unique collaboration between medical associations, regulatory agencies, notified bodies, academic institutions, patients’ groups, and health technology assessment agencies, will systematically review ...
The medical index: aligning actuarial practice with juridical and societal goals KU Leuven
Compensation of damage through medical practice: finding the right balance Ghent University
The Dutch and Belgian medical compensation systems have comparable problems, but while in Belgium a compensation fund is introduced (Wet betreffende vergoeding van schade als gevolg van medische gezondheidszorg), the Dutch seek solutions within the fault-system. This research compares and analyzes both systems: what can they learn from one another, also taking into account the function of rules of conduct and the insurance markets?
Patient data sharing for the improvement of healthcare and medical research: towards a moral duty of patients to share health-related data? KU Leuven
The project answers to the following central research question: ‘How would a moral duty of patients to transfer (health) data for the benefit of health care improvement, research, and public health in the eHealth sector sit within the existing confidentiality, privacy, and data protection legislations?’. The improvement of healthcare services, research, and public health relies on patient data, which is why one might raise the question ...
Cyber securitY tooLbox for COnnected MEdical Devices KU Leuven
Accelerated digitalisation in health sector brings opportunities for cost-effective and efficient delivery of personalised care, through medical devices (including software) connected to IT networks and increasingly combined with novel technologies (AI, cloud computing, blockchain or 5G networks) and simultaneously Europe is witnessing an increase in the complexity and sophistication of attacks threatening such critical infrastructure. ...