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We’ve made new friends with NRC Carriere

At the TEDxMaastricht headquarters we always thought it would be cool to have some sort of ‘TEDxMaastricht daily’. A program paper with interviews, program details, some background information. To get in the mood for the 2nd of April. An

By Marcel Wortel on February 3, 2012 0 comments

Where is eHealth?

The good thing about new developments is that they shine a new light on old values. Take the concept of eHealth. Care innovation, Health 2.0, e-patients; words that preach a better relationship between physicians and patients. Everybody will agree on

By Karin Oost on January 29, 2012 0 comments

Patients Included !

After a long period of setting up conferences, Pecha Kucha Nights TEDx-es etc where i tried over and over again to offer the stage to patients in one way or the other, i was reflecting on that a bit. We’ve succeeded in that in almost every asp

By Lucien Engelen on January 28, 2012 0 comments

E-health is empowerment health… or isn’t it?

Recently we were having friends over for dinner. One of them asked: if you were sent back to the middle ages by time machine, how would you teach those people about the progress we made over the past decades? I fell silent for a long time. We were co

By Renske Vissch… on January 27, 2012 0 comments

And now, a word from our sponsor

We’re in the right flow at the TEDxMaastricht headquarters. Our program is getting its shape. Invites are being sent. People are buzzing. In other words: TEDxMaastricht is happening. This makes us realise that we need to take some time to thank

By Marcel Wortel on January 25, 2012 0 comments

Internet and the last man standing

If everyone with access to the internet would have to sit down, people with a disability would be the last man standing. This situation even applies to the Netherlands where the Internet penetration is incredibly high (95%). Being the last man standi

By Wouter Wolters on January 25, 2012 0 comments

Don’t Blame Me… Blame My Default Brain!

Imagine you are sitting in an uncomfortable seat in a lecture room, listening to a talk about brain waves you cannot really understand, after having woken up from a 4-hour night sleep with still some alcohol running through your bloodstream… In

By Anke Murillo … on January 23, 2012 0 comments

Love… and other drugs

The first time I really began to understand the importance and the practical impact of “compliance” and “adherence” in healthcare was when I listened to an “unusual” speaker during a scientific workshop. On this oc

By Nadia Ceratto on January 22, 2012 0 comments

Stimulating healthy lifestyles: 4 gameful applications

Creating a sustainable healthcare system is one of society’s greatest challenges. The Economist Intelligence Unit predicts the future of healthcare in Europe will be shaped by seven separate, but interconnected, trends; one of them being that preve

By Willempje Vri… on January 20, 2012 0 comments

Hack de zorg

Het gezondheidszorgsysteem in Nederland wordt langzaam, heel langzaam meer patientgericht, gebruiksvriendelijker. Dat we nog een lange weg te gaan hebben, merken degenen die afhankelijk zijn van zorg en zij die er in werken dagelijks. Hoe vaak stuite

By Marcel Wortel on January 17, 2012 0 comments