• Informal care and work in balance: support via a self-help course
    Informal care and work in balance: support via a self-help course The self-help course 'Werk en Mantelzorg' of the Coronel Institute of Occupational Health is a free course for informal caregivers who find it difficult to combine informal caregiving with work and leisure. APH researcher Edwin Boezeman and colleagues developed this intervention which provides tools for fulfilling the role of informal caregiver and better integrating caregiving with work and one's social and personal life
  • Spiegelaarmethode: A powerful and practical tool for improving primary care
    Spiegelaarmethode: A powerful and practical tool for improving primary care The ‘Spiegelaarmethode’ offers general practitioners an accessible way to reflect on their work and engage in discussions with colleagues from their GP practice group. The project was developed within ANHA and is led by, among others, APH researcher Coralie Arends (research coordinator at ANHA) and Rik Roelofs (quality & education coordinator at ANHA).
  • LOFIT: Integrating lifestyle medicine into hospital care
    LOFIT: Integrating lifestyle medicine into hospital care APH researcher Judith Jelsma founded LOFIT to integrate lifestyle medicine into secondary and tertiary care through a lifestyle front office. Here, lifestyle professionals discuss challenging lifestyle issues with patients, such as daily physical activity, healthy eating, smoking cessation, alcohol intake, sleep and stress management, and refer them to community-based lifestyle initiatives for further support.
  • EuroFIT: Helping overweight football fans build healthier lifestyles
    EuroFIT: Helping overweight football fans build healthier lifestyles EuroFIT is a unique lifestyle program that helps men with overweight to improve their lifestyle and health by leveraging their passion for football. Participants show improvements in their physical activity and dietary habits a year after the program began, resulting in a healthier weight, improved blood profile, and overall well-being.
  • How an Amsterdam UMC research group got involved in Sláintecare: the 10-year health care reform programme of Ireland
    How an Amsterdam UMC research group got involved in Sláintecare: the 10-year health care reform programme of Ireland The 10-year reform programme Sláintecare, launched in 2017, sets out to improve the health system’s effectiveness, accessibility, resilience and fiscal sustainability.
  • Optimizing the quality of multidisciplinary team (MDO) meetings
    Optimizing the quality of multidisciplinary team (MDO) meetings A Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) meeting serves as a crucial tool for enhancing the quality of care. However, this process presents considerable challenges for all involved parties due to the diverse range of disciplines participating, as well as the need for effective time management and decision-making.
  • Co-creating tools to improve healthcare for frail older adults
    Co-creating tools to improve healthcare for frail older adults UNO Amsterdam, the Amsterdam UMC University Network of Organizations for care for older adults, connects science with practice. Nursing professionals, physicians, allied health professionals, managers and researchers join forces to improve care for frail older adults.
  • Patient-friendly language in electronic health records
    Patient-friendly language in electronic health records To improve the understandability of health records, APH researcher Hugo van Mens developed an algorithm to generate diagnosis clarifications in more patient-friendly language.
  • Proven effective dementia support program rolls out to 600+ centers worldwide
    Proven effective dementia support program rolls out to 600+ centers worldwide Over the past decades, many initiatives have been developed to support people with dementia living in the community and their family carers. However, these supporting initiatives are often fragmented and family carers, and even professionals, are not always aware of what support is available.