What Parents of Children Born with a Cleft Lip and/or Palate Want to Know About the Care for their Child.

Objective: Adequate health information that matches the needs of care recipients is a prerequisite for patient-centered care. To facilitate the provision of tailored and timely information, it isimportant to understand the information needs of parents of children and adolescents with cleft lip and/or palate (CL/P) themselves, and in addition they were asked how they experienced the provided care-related information.

Design: A cross-sectional study employing questionnaires and semi-structured interviews.

A usability evaluation of the perceived user friendliness, accessibility, and inclusiveness of a personalized digital care pathway tool.

Objective: This study aimed to acquire insight into the perceived user friendliness, accessibility and inclusiveness of a personalized digital care pathway.

Materials & Methods: Usability of the tool was tested in an experimental setting. Mixed methods data collection consisted of scenario-based eye tracking tests in a web- or mobile-based prototype of the tool, followed by a questionnaire assessing user friendliness (System Usability Scale; SUS) and a structured interview.

Stakeholders barriers and facilitators for the implementation of a personalised digital care pathway: a qualitative study.

Objective: A prerequisite for patient-centredness in healthcare organisations is offering patients access to adequate health information, which fits their needs. A personalised digital care pathway (PDCP) is a tool that facilitates the provision of tailored and timely information. Despite its potential, barriers influence the implementation of digital tools in healthcare organisations.

A pragmatic approach for implementation of value-based healthcare in Amsterdam UMC, the Netherlands.

Background: The emphasis on implementation of value-based healthcare (VBHC) has increased in the Dutch healthcare system. Yet, the translation of the theoretical principles of VBHC towards actual implementation in daily practice has been rarely described. Our aim is to present a pragmatic step-by-step approach for VBHC implementation, developed and applied in Amsterdam UMC, to share our key elements.

Outcome of initially nonoperative treatment for acute simple appendicitis in children.

Purpose: To compare the outcome of initially nonoperative treatment with immediate appendectomy for simple appendicitis in children.

Methods: Between September 2012 and June 2014 children aged 7-17 years with a radiologically confirmed simple appendicitis were invited to participate in a multicentre prospective cohort study in which they were treated with an initially nonoperative treatment strategy; nonparticipants underwent immediate appendectomy. In October 2015, their rates of complications and subsequent appendectomies, and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) were assessed.