Little consensus has emerged about how organizational performance should be defined and measured. Most studies have used traditional approaches to give their own perspective about organizational performance and effectiveness, but none have recently tried to encompass these different views into one unified …

Health care professionals responsible for patients with complex wounds need a particular level of expertise and education to ensure optimum wound care. However, uniform education for those working as wound care nurses is lacking. We aimed to reach consensus among experts from six European countries as …

Background: For most women, participation in decision-making during maternity care has a positive impact on their childbirth experiences. Shared decision-making (SDM) is widely advocated as a way to support people in their healthcare choices. The aim of this study was to identify quality criteria and …

Background: Motor learning is central to domains such as sports and rehabilitation; however, often terminologies are insufficiently uniform to allow effective sharing of experience or translation of knowledge. A study using a Delphi technique was conducted to ascertain level of agreement between experts …

Slikken is voor mensen noodzakelijk om voedsel en vloeistoffen op te kunnen nemen. Indien deze functie gestoord is (dysfagie), kan dit gevaarlijk zijn in verband met een dreigende ondervoeding, dehydratie, of pneumonie (longontsteking) door aspiratie. (Simons, 2012). Na een beroerte ontwikkelt ongeveer …

Deze presentatie is gegeven aan audiologische centra in Nederland en worden de aanpak en de eerste resultaten besproken van het project Uniforme taalscreening in de Jeugdgezondheidszorg (ZonMw).

In opdracht van de Inspectie van de Gezondheidszorg brachten Vilans en het Trimbos instituut de richtlijnen en inzichten rond onbegrepen gedrag bij ouderen met dementie in kaart. Dit rapport gaat in op deze drie vragen: 1.Is een 'veldnorm' vast te stellen op basis van actuele richtlijnen en inzichten …

Objective external cephalic version (ECV) is a relatively simple and safe manoeuvre and a proven effective approach in the reduction of breech presentation at term. There is professional consensus that ECV should be offered to all women with a fetus in breech presentation, but only up to 70% of women …

A pilot study to electronic healthcare documentationDeveloping an international nursing documentation auditinstrument: expert consensus study

Objective. External cephalic version (ECV) is a safe and effective intervention that can prevent breech delivery, thus reducing the need for cesarean delivery. It is recommended in national guidelines. These guidelines also mention contraindications for ECV, and thereby restrict the application of ECV. …