health-technology-assessment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imWkXuvwJEc Around 466 Million people worldwide have disabled hearing loss and 44 Million of these are children. In Austria one to two children in 1000 are born with...

INTRODUCTION   Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterized by progressive, non-reversible air flow obstruction (Giardino, Chan, & Borson, 2004). Although the smoking is a leading...

1          Project “Sm@rt Work” is an up to date project. The time is right for smart developments in the health sector. The aim of our...

Aim of this video (in German) is to evaluate functionality, usage and reliability of blood pressure devices available in supermarkets and electronic stores. What...

NURPHY is the prototype of a web-based application for real-time video communication between nurses in nursing homes and emergency care units (ECU)  to avoid...

https://youtu.be/Ns5bXVltOok Background: Due to the limited possibilities of physical activities in cities, it is essential to create new approaches to increase children's and their family...

TheraNote – Evaluating a Revolution in Physiotherapy Documentation By Bernhard Wirlach, Dario Moratti, Fazia Elfakharany, Lukas Oppenauer, Miriam Kalkgruber Vision: By addressing evaluation findings and user feedback,...

Telerehabilitation systems can be a new approach to support the therapy of patients with functional and mental disabilities. Austrian legislative efforts are supporting telemedicine offers...

Introduction: Smartphones and mobile devices are more and more present in our daily life. With the constant growth of mobile users all over the world,...

Every 20 minutes an Austrian citizen suffers from a stroke. Only a third of the affected people fully recover, while approximately 20 percent die....