Process (model) selection and FHIES2012 symposium

No fancy pictures/graphics this time or a long (for some abracadabra) piece of text. No, this time just a short update about the progress of my master thesis and some good news about a new project I am really excited about.

Explanation added on new page

I added a new page on my blog. Click here to see an explanation of my thesis!

PS. You can go there manually as well, see the new tab below the title of the blog

My first publication

My first publication is a fact!
Check http://beta.ieis.tue.nl/node/2019 for my literature study.
Check http://is.ieis.tue.nl/staff/pvgorp/research/#mde4dss12 where this literature study is used for.

Roadmap of master thesis project

In this blog post I will introduce the roadmap for the rest of this master thesis project, but first I will give a brief summary of the literature review. A very brief summary!

Reference Concept Map

About a month ago I wrote a post with the title "What is a care pathway?" and gave one definition for a care pathway and its synonyms (clinical-, critical, integrated care pathway, and care map). However, I was not pleased with this because I still didn’t know what was meant by it. So I kept looking for other definitions, and found some more.

Modeling care processes in GZA hospital (Kick-off)

Friday the 30th of March I been to Antwerp together with Pieter Van Gorp to talk to H. Van Der Mussele and J. De Sitter. They are policy makers in the GasthuisZusters Antwerpen hospital (GZA) and are working on a new system. In this post I will tell you everything I’ve noticed and what I’ve learned. First I will inform you about the goal of the project form the university’s point of view and what is in it for the GZA. After that I will discuss the meeting on contents and my observations about the current way of working within the hospital and how they would like to work in the near future.

Methodology

As mentioned in one of the previous post I will split up the literature review in three parts. The first literature study will be about the various terms that are used to identify a clinical pathway. In this blog post I will mention the newest update after a meeting with my mentor and I will present you the method that I will use during this literature study. Also the research question for the time being is presented together with the involved supervisors for reviewing the literature review.