We look at how technology affect patients and health professionals.
The research centre studies the effects of technology on patients, relatives and healthcare professionals and develops new technology in cooperation with private industry.
We carry out research within the following areas:
Prevention of hospital admissions or re-admissions
There are significant human and economic costs connected to inappropriate admissions or re-admissions to the hospital. We work with doctors, municipalities and hospitals to investigate how re-admissions can be prevented. We look at:
- The use of big (health) data
- Home monitoring
- Early detection
Everyday life with health technology
Citizens with disabilities need assistive devices that make them more self-reliant.. Technological solutions can improve everyday life by compensating for physical, psychological and cognitive challenges. But what is daily life like for people who use this technology? And can technology improve working environments for healthcare professionals and welfare workers? We look at:
- Improving design methods for the development of assistive devices
- Improving healthcare technology in connection with acute, long-term or chronic illness
- Using technology after brain damage or other neurological disorders
- How relatives of users of healthcare technology experience everyday life.
Improving transitions in healthcare
Patients are being discharged from hospital earlier than before, creating a need to organize the healthcare sector in new ways. This can mean that patients are treated in their own homes, using assistive devices. Working procedures and conditions for healthcare professionals should be adapted in order to utilise resources in the best possible way and provide quality-assured care.
For more information about the centre, please contact:
René Dybdal, Head of Center, PhD
T: +45 87 55 29 74
E: redp@via.dk