Publications by authors named "R H Batenburg"
Responding to COVID-19: an exploration of EU country responses and directions for further research.
BMC Health Serv Res
October 2024
Background: During COVID-19, scientists advising policymakers were forced to deal with high uncertainty and risks in an environment of unknowns. Evidence on which policies and measures were effective in responding to the pandemic remains underdeveloped to answer the key question 'what worked and why?'. This study aims to provide a basis for studies to go further to answer this critical question, by starting to look efficacy or how countries ensured that health services remained available and what measures were enacted to protect and treat their populations and workers.
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- - "Medical deserts" refer to areas with limited healthcare services, which makes it hard for people to access quality care; the review looks at how AI, especially large language models (LLMs), can help improve healthcare in these regions.
- - AI-driven telehealth platforms can break down language and cultural barriers, making healthcare more accessible, while LLMs can assist with diagnostics in areas lacking specialists and provide initial medical advice through chatbots.
- - The review emphasizes the importance of AI in medical education and resource allocation, suggesting that LLMs could significantly improve healthcare in underserved areas, though ongoing research is needed to unlock their full potential.
Background: In recent years, eHealth has received much attention as an opportunity to increase efficiency within healthcare organizations. Adoption of eHealth might consequently help to solve perceived health workforce challenges, including labor shortages and increasing workloads among primary care professionals, who serve as the first point of contact for healthcare in many countries. The purpose of this systematic review was to investigate the impact of general eHealth use and specific eHealth services use on general practice workload in the pre-COVID-19 era.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: This study aims firstly to identify shifts in the execution of medical tasks by nurses in the past decade. Secondly, it aims to explore nurses' perspectives on task shifting: how they think task shifting affects the quality of care, the attractiveness of nursing practice and their collaboration with physicians.
Design: A quantitative repeated cross-sectional study.
Objective: This study explores how shared decision-making (SDM) is integrated in undergraduate nursing and medical education.
Methods: A dual-method design was applied. The integration of SDM in medicine and nursing education programs (i.