Abstract Chapter 4: Basing ourselves on a literature review and expert interviews we create an overview of methods and tools to identify and respond to ethical questions used in healthcare, social work, police and the military. We identify six main types of methods or tools that can support professionals …

Background: In addition to medical intervention and counseling, patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD) need to manage their disease and its consequences by themselves in daily life. Objective: The aim of this paper is to describe the development of "Vascular View," a comprehensive, multi-component, …

Objective: Gaining too much or too little weight in pregnancy (according to Institute of Medicine (IOM) guidelines) negatively affects both mother and child, but many women find it difficult to manage their gestational weight gain (GWG). Here we describe the use of the intervention mapping protocol to …

This study is commissioned by OCLC to research the interest of customers of OCLC in hosted services. OCLC is a worldwide organisation that provides software and services to libraries in 170 countries. Libraries use these management systems to optimize their workflow. OCLC endeavours to satisfy the needs …

This paper presents a new Value Adding Management (VAM) model that aims to support decision makers in identifying appropriate interventions in buildings, other facilities and services that add value to the organisation, to manage its implementation, and to measure the output and outcomes. The paper builds …

Background: Research within the framework of Self-Determination Theory (SDT) indicates that patients' autonomy is to be considered a critical health care outcome in its own right since it promotes improved mental and physical health. This paper presents an analysis of studies addressing communication …

Decisions are used by organizations to manage and execute their coordinated, value-adding decision-making and are thereby among an organization’s most important assets. To be able to manage deci-sions and underlying business rules, Decision Management (DM) and Business Rules Management (BRM) are increasingly …

Scant research has attempted to describe the value of NP practice for healthcare organizations in the Netherlands, the impact on organizational structures, and the division of jurisdictional control over prescribing. Other studies mostly focused on patient satisfaction with the NP role in comparison …

Streekbox is an organisation in delivering fresh food meal kits, which is still a developing organisation. The brand value of Streekbox is: “we connect people with local and healthy products”. Within the organisation, there was no focus on the Customer Journey. The organisation wants to map its Customer …

The Hospitalitist is een sterk en snel groeiend bedrijf en wil zich graag professionaliseren. Met deze redenen is gekozen om onderzoek te doen naar de manier van werken en proces optimalisatie. Het doel van deze scriptie betreft het  optimaliseren van de volgende processen; het werving en selectie proces; …