Projecten
Het testen van de waarde van een nieuwe strategische benadering en de kosteneffectiviteit ervan om de slechte resultaten bij cardiogene shock te verbeteren. KU Leuven
Heart attacks are common and can leave survivors suffering cardiogenic shock (CGS), with its extremely high risk of early death (42% versus 4% for non-CGS) and high incidence of chronic heart failure, with its associated socio-economic disease burden (ill-health, recurrent heart failure admissions, no return to full time activities, need for expensive therapeutic devices and life-long drugs). Outcomes from CGS are even worse in, females, the ...
Gezondheidgerelateerd activiteitsherkenningssysteem op basis van IoT - een interdisciplinair trainingsprogramma voor jonge onderzoekers KU Leuven
A current trend in healthcare involves the prevention of chronic diseases by changing behaviour towards more healthy lifestyle choices. This is supported by the increased use of wearable sensors and Internet of Things (IoT) devices. Human activity recognition and vital sign monitoring play a significant role in tailoring personal health and behaviour change coaching solutions to each individual, but pose a number of technical, legal, and ...
Analyzing the patterns of health care-seeking behaviour among adolescent pregnant women in Nepal and Bangladesh; a transdisciplinary approach Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Pregnancy among adolescents occurs with varying frequency across regions, countries, within countries and income groups. Ninety five percent of the total adolescents’ births occur in developing countries [1]. Each year 7.3million girls under age of 18give birth in developing countries [2]. Among them around 2 million girls give birth before the age of 15. Early marriage and motherhood is considered as a social and health ...
Epidemisch onderzoek om 2019-nCoV's volksgezondheid, economische en sociale impact te minimaliseren in Europa (EpiPose). Universiteit Antwerpen
PanCare-onderzoeken naar de opschaling en implementatie van het digitale overlevingspaspoort om de mensgerichte zorg voor overlevenden van kanker bij kinderen te verbeteren KU Leuven
lmost 500,000 former childhood cancer patients (CCS) are now living in Europe. Compared to the general population, CCS represent a vulnerable population as they are at an increased risk of developing health problems, known as late effects, resulting in excess morbidity and mortality. Many survivors are unaware of their personal risk for specific late effects, which reduces their ability to manage their own follow-up care. Similarly, their ...
DIADIC Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Background: Advanced cancer affects millions of Europeans each year. The provision of adequate and cost-effective psychosocial and educational support for both patients and their frequently overburdened family caregivers is highly relevant from an economic, a healthcare and a prevention perspective. Aims: The DIAdIC project is an interdisciplinary, cross-national project to evaluate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of ...
De verborgen Europese verzorgingsstaat KU Leuven
De EU stelt gemeenschappelijke regels en beginselen voor coördinatie op om de rechten op het gebied van sociale zekerheid te beschermen wanneer men zich binnen Europa verplaatst (op basis van vier basisbeginselen: het beginsel van gelijke behandeling, het toepasselijk zijn van één wetgeving, het recht uitkeringen te exporteren en het beginsel van samentelling van tijdvakken) (zie Verordeningen (EG) nrs. 883/2004 en 987/2009 (respectievelijk ...
The CYBERnetic LowEr-Limb CoGnitive Ortho-prosthesis Plus Plus (CYBERLEGS Plus Plus) Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Pharma grootboek KU Leuven
The PharmaLedger project will create a blockchain-based framework for the efficient digitization of the healthcare industry. The goal of the project is to provide a widely trusted platform that will support the design and adoption of blockchain-enabled healthcare solutions while accelerating delivery of innovation that will benefit the entire ecosystem, from manufacturers to patients.
PharmaLedger will serve as a single source of truth ...