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"The research world needs more empathy and curiosity"

She is driven by curiosity, empathy and the will to create change, and believes the action research paradigm is transforming academia. Meet Hilary Bradbury, jubilee professor at Chalmers 2018. – Our work as researchers is not just about understanding. It’s about making things better, she says.

Smart IT solutions can improve the lives of dementia patients

Smart IT solutions for cognitive impairment

When falling into forgetfulness, many patients affected by cognitive impairment become isolated and depressed, gradually losing their quality of life. But there are ways to improve the situation. The large, EU-project DECI, partly led by Centre for Healthcare Improvement at Chalmers, examines how smart IT solutions and new ways to organize care can help the patients maintain a good life.

How to strengthen quality improvement in healthcare

In order to meet the challenges of care, a more comprehensive approach is required. In her research, Sara Dahlin, PhD student at Chalmers, shows how quality improvement can be strengthened by including public procurement and "process mining".

Collaboration on unaccompanied refugee children paves the way for new approaches in welfare

Gothenburg is home to the largest non-profit public partnership in Sweden. This partnership has led to successful collaboration on unaccompanied refugee children. The unique initiative – where nine non-profit organisations are collaborating with the City of Gothenburg – can pave the way for a new direction in Swedish welfare, according to a research project led by Chalmers. “We believe that this...

CHI creates tools for the healthcare developers of Western Sweden

They develop healthcare in Western Sweden, and have received their basic tools through CHI – the Centre of Healthcare Improvement at Chalmers. Each year, about a hundred of healthcare's foremost quality improvers meet at CHI's networking gathering Improvement Update. Niclas Jovander and Karin Looström Muth are two of them.

Testing ideas before they affect patients

When researcher Paul Holmström fell ill, he found himself enmeshed in the very healthcare system that was the focus of his work, and saw even more clearly what improvements are needed. Now he is presenting his licentiate degree, which shows how system dynamics can be applied to develop the healthcare system. The basic idea is to test ideas for improvement in a model first, to avoid putting the...

Centre for Healthcare Improvement (CHI)

The Centre for Healthcare Improvement (CHI) is a research and education centre at Chalmers University of Technology carrying out research and education within the improvement, innovation and transformation of health care.

For more information about CHI, please visit our swedish webpage

Published: Wed 23 Sep 2015. Modified: Mon 28 May 2018