Developments Health-RI and U-Cloud

U-Cloud makes it possible to make securely available data accessible for research. The first developments are currently underway.

'Consultation': Shared decision-making and positive reinforcement to enhance placebo effects in non-long-term lower back pain. What are the effects and why does it remain difficult?

Consultation enhances the placebo effects in non-long-term lower back pain, which are very effective in resolving this pain. However, current research shows that it is very difficult for doctors to give patients more space in tailoring their treatment choices, which negates this intervention.

The USD-4D app was developed within palliative care to monitor patients' symptoms and concerns. This provides insight into what the patient experiences so that the GP can discuss this in a targeted manner.

Switching from traditional blood thinners to newer variants leads to more bleeding in vulnerable elderly people with atrial fibrillation compared to continuing the current treatment, according to research at UMC Utrecht.

Discover the power of a learning healthcare system in which researchers, healthcare professionals and patients work together. See how different research approaches reveal the dynamics of both research and clinical practice. Take note of regional transmural care databases and optimal care tables in which patients play a crucial role. Read all this in the dissertation Towards learning Health care systems written by Debbie Vermond.

Project Understanding and Deciding Together with Children

This project focuses on having an open conversation with children with psychological or persistent physical complaints. This conversation contributes to 'understanding together' what is going on. This places a new focus on the child's possibilities.

The CONNECT project: a conversation approach for parents with children in the palliative phase

Within the CONNECT project, a conversation approach has been developed together with experienced parents and primary care providers from practice to provide accessible support in the field of meaning and life questions.

A Zon MW project will soon start in Leidsche Rijn that focuses on an integrated neighborhood-oriented approach to a lifestyle where residents, patients, and healthcare professionals work together. This project involves collaboration between three academic workshops for nursing, general medicine, and physiotherapy that are embedded in the Leidsche Rijn Julius Health Centers.

Learning to collaborate with other healthcare professionals: a perspective from the basic curriculum

Learning to collaborate well interprofessional is a new motto in medical education. Is that justified or is it just a ‘trend’? General practitioners Judith Verhoog and Frédérique Ummels, teachers in the basic medicine curriculum, share their experiences.