Author: Josepha Scheffer
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Realist Evaluation of Home-Based Palliative Care Programme for Non-Cancer Patients
Published December 28, 2023 in International Journal of Integrated Care Abstract Introduction: Disproportionately higher deaths attributed to non-cancer causes in Singapore highlight the need for palliative beyond those with cancers. The Violet Program (ViP) was developed to provide home-based palliative to non-cancer patients residing in the Eastern region of Singapore. VIP aims to (i) reduce…
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Trust in and Acceptance of Artificial Intelligence Applications in Medicine: Mixed Methods Study
Published in JMIR Publications, January 17, 2024 Abstract Background:Artificial intelligence (AI)–powered technologies are being increasingly used in almost all fields, including medicine. However, to successfully implement medical AI applications, ensuring trust and acceptance toward such technologies is crucial for their successful spread and timely adoption worldwide. Although AI applications in medicine provide advantages to the…
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Nurses’ roles, views and knowledge regarding vaccines and vaccination: A pan-European survey
Published in the International Journal of Care Coordination, October 17,2023https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/20534345231207527 Abstract IntroductionNurses play a crucial part in responding to pandemics. Not only are they often in direct contact with patients but nurses also can inform and educate the general public regarding vaccination. Mapping nurses’ preferences and knowledge on the value of vaccination can contribute to…
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Governing Integrated Health and Social Care: An Analysis of Experiences in Three European Countries
Abstract Purpose: Achieving greater health and social care integration is a policy priority in many countries, but challenges remain. We focused on governance and accountability for integrated care and explored arrangements that shape more integrated delivery models or systems in Italy, the Netherlands and Scotland. We also examined how the COVID-19 pandemic affected existing governance arrangements.…
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Early modelling of the effects and healthcare costs of the Dutch citizen-rescuer system for out-of-hospital cardiac arrests
Abstract Objectives1) to analyse the total average healthcare costs of a patient with an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), as well as estimating the operational costs of the citizen-rescuer system (CRS); 2) to conduct an early modelling of the effects and healthcare costs of the Dutch CRS in comparison to no CRS. MethodsA health economic modelling…
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Value dossier and health economic model for a provider of haemodialysis
Health economic model allows all input parameters to be changed, to make the model match closely to the decision makers population characteristics, reimbursement and cost patterns.
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A Patient-Centred Medical Home Care Model for Community-Dwelling Older Adults in Singapore: A Mixed-Method Study on Patient’s Care Experience
Decision analytic support model could be populated with hospital-specific data, and could thereby guide implementation decisions at local and …
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Is AI improving health care?
CoordinAtIon Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems have been increasingly used in health care with the potential that such systems may help develop and augment the capacity of humans in diagnostics, therapeutics, and management of patient care and health care systems. It is claimed that AI systems have the capability to transform health care by, for example,…
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Evaluating task shifting to the clinical technologist in Dutch healthcare: A mixed methods study
RESEARCH ARTICLE, published on Plosone Abstract BackgroundExpected rise in the demand for healthcare and a dropping supply of healthcare professionals, has generated an increased interest in the most effective deployment of healthcare professionals. Consequently, task shifting has become a common strategy to redistribute tasks between established professional groups, however, little is known about the effects…
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HTA131 An Early Health Technology Assessment of Non-Invasive Fractional Flow Reserve Versus Standard Diagnostics in Patients With Stable Chest Pain in the Netherlands
New Heat and Moisture Exchangers for Laryngectomized Patients in Germany: Mixed Methods Study on the Expected Effectiveness