Digital Health is a hot topic in times of Covid19, but what competencies does a professional actually need when working with Digital Health tools? I wrote a blog about the topic for the website of the Hanze University of Applied Sciences where I look into some of the literature on the topic and provide some […]
What did I do? After a few years that were quite impactful on a personal level, I bought a race bike last January and started cycling last year. As a side effect of resuming regular exercise, I gradually started paying more attention to other lifestyle factors. Over the course of last year, I lost some […]
In May 2019, I bought an Oura ring. For my PhD study, measuring sleep and resting heart rate variability (HRV) are important variables, but there are few consumer wearables that accurately measure both. Since the Oura ring was concluded to be valid to measure both sleep and resting HRV, I was curious to test it out for myself. After […]
Early 2019, I presented the conceptual model and research design for the first study in my PhD trajectory at eTELEMED 2019 in Athens. After winning a Best Paper Award for that contribution, we were invited to submit a full article at the International Journal of Advances in Life Sciences. On December 30th, the publication that […]
Onlangs nam ik voor het eerst een podcast op. KOFFIETHIJS is de nieuwe podcast van een oud-studiegenoot. Met Thijs van Bruxvoort, net als ik van oorsprong fysiotherapeut en klinisch gezondheidswetenschapper maar tegenwoordig klinisch informaticus en werkzaam bij Philips, sprak ik over veerkracht, wearables, Quantified Self, persoonlijke data en privacy. Het was de eerste aflevering – […]