Author Archives: mariahagglund

Supporting citizen-centered care for seniors – our paper at CBMS 2012

In June I participated in the 25th International Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems (CBMS 2012) in Rome, Italy. It was my first time at a CBMS conference, and at times I got a bit lost in the more technically focused … Continue reading

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Poor continuity in my blogging

Apologies for not updating my blog recently. In Sweden, what happens in July is that everyone goes on vacation and no work is done for months… for me, it lasted a bit longer this year as we all of a … Continue reading

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Poor continuity in Swedish healthcare

I recently read a Swedish blogpost with the title “Recovery stops when patients are discharged from healthcare” (in Swedish). Sweden participated in an international evaluation “International Health Policy Survey”, and the results show that Swedish healthcare ranks low on areas … Continue reading

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Research crossing boundaries

Today a blog post I wrote a while ago for a Swedish life science blog was published. As it is in Swedish I figured I might as well translate it and publish it for you here to! So enjoy: Research … Continue reading

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Inspirational walker

Health is a delicate thing. One day you have it, the next day you don’t. But there are many things we can do to try to hold on to it as long as we can (although changing bad habits is … Continue reading

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Room for research

Today we went on an excursion to our new office building which is being built on campus. It’s very much a construction site still (we’re not moving until next year), but we got to see how big the offices are … Continue reading

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What’s health to you?

Health Informatics is my field of research. Both words have different associations for different people, and lately I’ve been thinking a lot about health – what does it mean to me? The World Health Organization defines health as “a state … Continue reading

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