Intelligent Disease Self-Management with Mobile Technology

Cost-effective mobile healthcare must consider not only technological performance but also the division of responsibilities between the patient and care provider, the context of the patient’s condition, and ways to implement patient decision support and tailored interaction.

Better experiences with quality of care predict well-being of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the Netherlands

Objective: This study was conducted to (1) identify improvements in care quality and well-being of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the Netherlands and (2) investigate the longitudinal relationship between these factors. Methods: This longitudinal study was conducted among patients diagnosed with chronic obstructive...

Towards an integrated case measurement

Conference abstract of the World Congress on Integrated Care, Singapore, November 7-9, 2013.

Internet-based self-management offers an opportunity to achieve better asthma control in adolescent

Background: Internet and short message service are emerging tools for chronic disease management in adolescents, but few data exist on the barriers to and benefits of internet-based asthma self-management. Our objective was to reveal the barriers and benefits perceived by adolescents with well-controlled and poorly controlled asthma to current...

Health status and management of chronic non-specific abdominal complaints in general practice

Background. While chronic non-specific abdominal complaints are common in general practice, data on patients' perspective and management of these complaints are lacking. Knowledge of these data is important for the development of guidelines for management and assessment of the burden of chronic non-specific abdominal complaints on society. Aim....