Publications by authors named "A H ter Hofstede"

Background: The promise of digital health is principally dependent on the ability to electronically capture data that can be analyzed to improve decision-making. However, the ability to effectively harness data has proven elusive, largely because of the quality of the data captured. Despite the importance of data quality (DQ), an agreed-upon DQ taxonomy evades literature.

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The risk posed by wildlife to air transportation is of great concern worldwide. In Australia alone, 17,336 bird-strike incidents and 401 animal-strike incidents were reported to the Air Transport Safety Board (ATSB) in the period 2010-2019. Moreover, when collisions do occur, the impact can be catastrophic (loss of life, loss of aircraft) and involve significant cost to the affected airline and airport operator (estimated at globally US$1.

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Objective: Failure or technical impossibility to place a prophylactic transvaginal cerclage in women with cervical insufficiency justifies the need for an abdominal cerclage. In this systematic review and meta-analysis, we studied the obstetrical and surgical outcomes of laparoscopic and open laparotomy abdominal cerclage approaches performed before (interval) or during pregnancy.

Data Sources: We performed a systematic literature search in PubMed, Embase, and the Cochrane Library for studies on laparoscopic and open laparotomy abdominal cerclage placement in February 2022.

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Objective: Clinical evaluation and user experience of the Cloud DX connected HealthKit Pulsewave wrist cuff blood pressure monitor (CDXP) for home blood pressure monitoring during pregnancy.

Methods: In the first phase, an adjusted version of the European Society of Hypertension International Protocol Revision 2010 was used to compare the CDXP and Omron M6 Comfort to the gold standard, the aneroid manometer, In the second phase, we evaluated the performance of home blood pressure measurement (HMBPM) by the CDXP to standard hospital blood pressure measurement with the Welch Allyn 53000P. Additionally, patients filled out a questionnaire regarding user experience.

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Article Synopsis
  • - Process mining techniques analyze business processes using execution data, particularly in healthcare to evaluate diagnostic, treatment, and organizational workflows.
  • - Despite the vast data generated in hospitals, rigorous adoption of process mining is limited to specific case studies, pointing to a lack of systematic integration in healthcare settings.
  • - The Process-Oriented Data Science in Healthcare Alliance aims to enhance research and application of process mining in healthcare by addressing unique challenges, such as process variability and patient focus.
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