Dr Job van ’t Veer is Professor of Digital Innovation in Healthcare at NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences. Since 2012, he has been researching and developing digital technologies that improve health and wellbeing, with a special focus on vulnerable groups such as people with mental health conditions, mild intellectual disabilities, or dementia.
His work is characterised by a design-oriented approach to research, where clients, residents and professionals are actively involved in creating human-centred innovations.
Job is co-programme leader of SIA SPRONG FAITH research, a large network of more than 40 healthcare organisations and companies that develops and shares knowledge about vulnerability. He is also active in a wide range of health technology networks, including HEALTHNoord, AndersWerkenindeZorg, Lectorenplatform PIT, Proeftuin Digitaal Toegankelijke Zorg, DANN, and TZA Drenthe. In short: he is involved in a broad spectrum of projects focused on designing, implementing and evaluating healthcare technology.
Professor Digital Innovation in Healthcare
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Job supervises PhD candidates and is lead author of the book Designing for Care and Welfare, which is used in more than 50 bachelor programmes across the Netherlands and Belgium. Journalists and other stakeholders regularly turn to him for in-depth insights into digital healthcare innovation, always with an eye for the human dimension.
Research Group: Digital Innovation in Healthcare
The research groups within Health & Welfare share a mission: children should be able to grow up healthy and safe, develop their talents, and participate in society to the best of their ability. Older people and those with disabilities should be able to live independently for as long as possible.
Projects
Podcast NHL Stenden Onderzoekt: How can we future-proof healthcare?
The research group in the media
Podcast Aletta Jacobs School of Public Health: Aletta Talks | #1 Digital innovation in healthcare (NL)
Help, my pupil is sexting. The Sexy and Safe campaign provides teachers with tools to discuss the subject - Leeuwarder Courant (NL)
Job van “t Veer, new professor in Care and Welfare: 'Don't expect too much from robots and artificial intelligence just yet” - Leeuwarder Courant (NL)
Frisian people are positive about the use of technology in healthcare, but count on assistance - Leeuwarder Courant (NL)
Voluntarily participating in the coronavirus app? ‘If people benefit from it, they're willing to do so’ - Omrop Fryslân
Prospective European Parliament members debate the elections in Emmen. “Further develop AI in healthcare, provided that people's privacy is guaranteed” - Dagblad van het Noorden (NL)