Care@home is a care model where patients with acute illnesses are treated in their home environment. This approach presents healthcare professionals with new challenges and requires special competencies.

Healthcare is facing a paradigm shift: Care@home, the treatment of patients with acute illnesses in their own homes,…

In an interdisciplinary collaboration between the start-up YLAH and the Departments of Engineering and Computer Science as well as Health Science at the Bern University of Applied Sciences, KPI-based metrics in blended therapy were investigated.

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Blended Psychotherapy, the combination of digital and analog therapy…

Smart cities, optimized traffic, and autonomous vehicles all depend on one crucial resource: mobility data. But how can we harness this power while protecting privacy? Synthetic mobility data offers a compelling solution by creating artificial yet statistically accurate movement patterns without tracking real individuals.…

Shift planning is central to job satisfaction in healthcare and often triggers conflicts between work and private life. An interdisciplinary project by the Bern University of Applied Sciences shows the opportunities and challenges of AI and why fairness, transparency, and participation are crucial in designing duty rosters.

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Two students at Bern University of Applied Sciences created DigiBot, an AI chatbot converting the EU’s standardized digital skills test (DigComp) into personalized questions. Their thesis explored whether AI-tailored tests improved engagement and understanding, revealing key insights into both opportunities and challenges…