Tag: Health Policy Research
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Theory and Design of the Community for successful ageing (ComSA) program in Singapore: connecting BioPsychoSocial health and quality of life experiences of older adults
Abstract Background Despite the emphasis on holistic health promotion in community programs for older people, few studies explicitly consider how BioPsychoSocial (BPS) health elements are interconnected and function to improve Quality of Life (QoL). The Community for Successful Ageing (ComSA) program in Singapore focuses on Community Development (CD) initiatives for older people, accounting for BPS…
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Exploring the implementation of the Community for Successful Ageing (ComSA)program in Singapore: lessons learnt on program delivery for improving BioPsychoSocial health
Abstract BackgroundThe Community for Successful Ageing (ComSA) program has implemented overlapping BioPsychoSocial (BPS) components as part of a Community Development (CD) grassroots and volunteer-led initiative. Implementation of such multi-component programming is influenced by known program characteristics including novelty, complexity and observability as well as related organizational factors. As such, we explored ComSA CD’s implementation from…
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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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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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Meeting the governance challenges of integrated health and social care
A Patient-Centred Medical Home Care Model for Community-Dwelling Older Adults in Singapore: A Mixed-Method Study on Patient’s Care Experience
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Putting patients at the centre of health care
Article published on International Journal of Care, May 30, 2021 Author: Hubertus JM Vrijhoef On 20 January 2021, when President Joseph Biden was sworn in as the 46th President of the United States of America, the National Patient Advocate Foundation (NPAF) urged him to adopt person-centred health care policies as he pursues health care reforms.…
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Informed policy making and research evidence
Editoral, published on Sage Journals, International Journal of Care coordination, March 18, 2021 Author: Hubertus JM Vrijhoef According to the World Health Organisation (WHO) evidence informed policy making aims to ensure that the best available research evidence is used to inform decision making.1 Since last year, ‘evidence’ has been at the forefront of daily debate regarding…
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Care coordination during and beyond the coronavirus: Learning together and faster to strengthen health systems
Care coordination during and beyond the coronavirus: Learning together and faster to strengthen health systems Internationally sharing experiences and lessons in the strengthening of health systems and the rapid reorganising of service delivery into new health ecosystems to respond to COVID19 may also accelerate the coordination of service delivery for people beyond the pandemic. Please…
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Call for new policies to ensure added benefit of newly approved drugs
Janne Mewes, Anne Voermans, Bert Vrijhoef. How many of the newly approved drugs provide a substantial benefit to patients? When asking people from the general public their answer would probably be “all of them” or “the majority”. A recently published analysis conducted by researchers of the German health technology assessment agency IQWiG (Wieseler et al.…