February 15: Ahti Connect – ‘Obesity: the role of food environment’

Thursday, February 15, from 15:30 – 18:00 is the fifth ahti Connect at the Amsterdam Health & Technology Center (AHTC). Theme of this edition is ‘Obesity: the role of food environment’ Speakers • Loek Leenen, project leader of ‘Amsterdamse Aanpak Gezond Gewicht’ and GGD Amsterdam • Coosje Dijkstra, researcher at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam What is it about? 12% of the ten-year olds in the Netherlands is overweight but in Amsterdam this percentage is much higher. Lees meer…

Succesful pilot for tailor-made local healthcare

Thursday, February 8th 2018, was the final meeting for the pilot ‘Neighborhood Based Approach’ (‘Wijkbrede Aanpak’) at the Stadionbuurt / District of Zuid (South) in Amsterdam. ‘Neighborhood Based Approach’ is a training program that helps local Zorg & Welzijn (health and welfare) professionals work together with local residents in order to set the right health and welfare priorities based on the specific needs of their own community. The program was developed by ahti in collaboration with Lees meer…

Helping People be Healthy with Robots

Ahti’s Senior Program Manager Keerthi Prasad is one of the new organizers of the first Health 2.0 Meetup of 2018. The event will take place on Thursday February 1st at the Amsterdam Health & Technology Center (AHTC). Theme of this edition is ‘Helping People be Healthy with Robots’. How can robots help people be healthy? What are the current state of the art and future applications of robotics in healthcare? What are the enablers and Lees meer…

“Let the data talk!”

On January 18th ahti organized its’ fifth ahti Connect in this new year on ‘Evidence-based policy: Fact or fiction?’. Duco Stuurman, director of the social domain in the City of Amsterdam and Ruben Spruit, co-founder of Delph and specialist in machine learning, artificial intelligence and big data, discussed how data and the use of advanced econometric models can help to improve policy making. Data for improved policy making One of ahti’s core activities focuses on Lees meer…