Projects
Digitized evidence based transmural care programs in a network between primary care and hospital: impact on quality of care and patient experience KU Leuven
Present healthcare is characterized by patients with multiple and chronic conditions, due to aging and medical technological evolutions. Another increasing trend in healthcare is short-term hospitalization (32% of all admissions in secondary care in 2014) (Agentschap Zorg en Gezondheid. n.d.).
Patients nowadays are frequent users of hospitals, primary care and even increasingly self-care (Allen, ...
The impact of personal health budgets and health literacy on patient empowerment, care organization and patient outcomes Ghent University
This study examines the impact of different types of personal health budgets (voucher vs. cash) on care organization and the role of health literacy in these relationships. This research studies how and to what degree this empowers patients and impacts care (community-based care, respite care and informal care) and patient outcomes (quality of life, well-being and health).
A Catholic moral and pastoral Theology of End of Life Care (EoLC) in the terminal phase, with particular focus on the development, implementation and phasing out of the Liverpool Care Pathway for the Dying Patient (the LCP) in NHS England and the subseque KU Leuven
The focus of this research project is the creation, implementation and phasing out of the Liverpool Care Pathway for the dying patient (LCP) in NHS England. This project will take into consideration the deficencies with the LCP as highlighted by the Catholic Church, and examine them from the perspective of Catholic moral and pastoral theology on care of the sick and dying, as well as exploring Catholic responses to the new personalised care ...
Measuring and evaluating costs, outcomes, patient experience and care provided by transmural care pathways Hasselt University
Connection between cancer care and the ethno-culturally diverse patient population Ghent University
Previous research has shown that features of the healthcare sector (health care providers and policy) play an important role in connection with the ethno-culturally diverse patient population. This study provides insight into the perceptions, attitudes and experiences of caregivers in oncology in Flanders. Additionally, it is checked on the manner in which the policies for them is of influence.
PRICOV-19 study: dissemination of the results on equity aspects of quality care and patient safety Ghent University
Background: General practitioners (GPs) play a crucial role in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic as the first point of contact for possibly infected patients and are responsible for short and long-term follow-up care of the majority of COVID-19 patients. Nonetheless, they experience many barriers to fulfilling this role. The PRICOV-19 study investigates how GP practices in 38 countries are organized during the COVID-19 pandemic to ...
Improving care in the older and/or cardiac surgical patient. KU Leuven
Aging is a complex process that is accompanied by diminishing physiological reserves resulting in a decreased tolerance for stressors, which is considered the basis for frailty. The demographic evolution of the population in the Western world, in conjunction with the increased incidence of cardiovascular disease, has resulted in a significant increase in older persons requiring cardiac surgery. In addition, the older surgical population ...
MUltiSectoral Integrative approaches to CArdiac care - MUSICARE / Image based patient specific cardiac modeling Ghent University
MUltiSectoral Integrative approaches to CArdiac care – MUSICA - is proposed by a team of universities, companies and hospitals from 4 EU countries (Italy, United Kingdom, The Netherlands, Belgium). The main scope of MUSICA is to structure a new trans-sect
Transitional care in adolescents and young adults with congenital heart disease: multi-level analysis of healthcare system factors, hospital and patient characteristics impacting lanck of cardiac follow-up. KU Leuven
Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the most common birth defect in newborns, affecting about 9 per 1,000 babies worldwide. It comprises a wide spectrum of anatomical defects of the heart and/or great intrathoracic vessels that have a variable long-term impact on patients’ health status, functionalities, and overall well-being. While CHD was one of the most common causes of infant mortality around the 1960s, about 90% of children with CHD ...