Symposium Healthy Heart @ home - On the occasion of the Inauguration of Prof. dr. Hareld Kemps.
Organised by: Máxima MC | TU/e department Industrial design | Eindhoven MedTech Innovation Center (e/MTIC)
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Feeling short of breath and tired
Feeling short of breath and tired. That describes the average day of people with heart failure. Cardiologist Hareld Kemps wants to drastically improve these patients' quality of life. Hareld Kemps is a cardiologist at the Maxima MC and a recent professor at the Faculty of Industrial Design at the TU/e. He has been committed to helping people with heart failure for more than 12 years. On February 8, Hareld gave his inaugural lecture at the TU/e. “In Industrial Design, people are trained to do research and teach design. When designers think about the issues at the hospital, we get new insights. "My role is to bring people together so that innovations are implemented''
Read more about his interview with Innovation Origins
Inauguration Hareld Kemps
During the symposium Healthy Heart @ Home, Prof. Dr. Hareld Kemps presented his inaugural speech.
In his speech, he takes you into the past, present and especially the future of care for patients with chronic heart disease and, in particular, chronic heart failure. he hopes to clarify why living with heart failure can be compared to highperformance sports, but also why providing tailor-made care to these patients requires a high-performance sports approach and how technology and design will increasingly play a crucial role.
Read the entire inaugural speech here:
HEALTHY HEART @ HOME
- When: 08 February 2024 | 09:30-18:30
- Where: Eindhoven University of Technology
- For whom: This event is organised for all MedTech stakeholders, such as technical and clinical researchers, physicians, industry, health insurers, politicians etc.
- Language: English
Heart failure is not an option!
Prevention of relapse and rehabilitation of heart failure is Key. At this moment, over 250,000 patients suffer from heart failure. Hospital admissions already exceed 30.000 patients per year, with average yearly costs of €25,000 per patient. An estimation for 2050 shows that 1 in 6 aged >65 will suffer from heart failure. Patients with heart failure experience daily physical and emotional distress. Everyday tasks can feel like a heavy sports exercise and may limit a patient’s ability to leave the house.
How can we tackle this problem?
Current care is not designed to meet the needs of people with heart failure. The main question of a patient is: “How do I get through the day?’’. Today’s solutions mainly focus on medication and devices to prolong patients’ lives, while quality of life should be the objective.
The solution
We need a radical change of care.
- Monitor and treat heart failure at home: improve quality of care and reduce the burden for patients and the healthcare workforce.
- Lifestyle and rehabilitation: get patients in an optimal physical and mental state.
- Collaboration: clinicians, researchers and MedTech companies need to work together
Innovation is strongly needed to keep healthcare accessible for all
Keeping patients with heart failure out of the hospital is the mission of Prof. Dr. Hareld Kemps. He scales up his work as a cardiologist at the Máxima MC with a professorship at TU Eindhoven.
What do benefit of top-sports and heart failure have in common? Not much, you might think at first glance. But heart failure is actually top-sport for the patient, says Hareld Kemps. The cardiologist is originally sports physician and specialized in sports cardiology and cardiac rehabilitation. 'For both groups good guidance and a multidisciplinary approach with attention to stress, nutrition and exercise is a big influence in daily life. Cardiologists are used to treating heart failure traditionally treat with medication, but by monitoring parameters in everyday life we can prevent new hospital admissions or significantly shorten it.”
** Publication of Medisch Contact, Topic Cardiology – Nov ‘23, author Naomi van Esschoten **
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Heart patient Ronald is 'in full motion' again after an experiment with a special watch
In the Netherlands, 350,000 people suffer from heart problems. By using heart watches, Máxima MC and the Catharina Hospital hope to better monitor and help their patients.
'On the move again'
One of those people is Ronald Claassen (49). He suffers from a heart rhythm disorder and has also developed heart failure in recent times. Now he is participating in the study and is wearing such a heart watch. "These are things that have really bothered me in the past period, as a result of which I could hardly do anything or nothing in life," says Ronald. Then he was offered to participate in the study. "That has brought me to where I am now: in full motion."
Draft Program - 08 February 2024
| 09:30 - 10:00 | Welcome coffee & registration | |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Opening with Patient interview (NL) | |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Keynote "Success (in)sure(d)" by Prof. dr. Nico van Meeteren, Executive Director, Health~Holland (Topsector LSH) | |
| 11:00 - 12:00 | Panel session ''Will technology solve staffing shortages in healthcare?'' with Healthcare insurer, Industry, Cardiologist, General Practitioner | |
| 12:00 - 13:15 | Poster Session & lunch | |
| 13:15 - 14:00 | PhD pitches ''How to design RPM of tomorrow?" | |
| 14:00 - 14:30 | Pro/ Con discussion ''Artificial Intelligence will replace the health care professional in RPM'' | |
| 14:30 - 15:00 | Fire Chat ''What are the next steps, starting tomorrow'?' | |
| 15:00 - 16:00 | Coffee Break and welcome guest for the inauguration | |
| 16:00 - 17:00 | Inauguration Prof.dr. Hareld Kemps (NL) | |
| 17:00 - 18:30 | Reception of Prof.dr. Hareld Kemps & Network drinks |
Inauguration Hareld Kemps
Hareld Kemps is Professor of Remote Patient Management in Chronic Cardiac Care. He is also working as a cardiologist at Máxima Medical Center, specialized in cardiac rehabilitation, prevention and telemedicine. Kemps has a special interest in designing and implementing new technology and care pathways that will assist patients to manage their disease in their home environment and to guide health care professionals in tailoring treatment strategies to the patients’ needs and expectations. He has been leading and participating in several national and international research projects. He is past-chair of the Dutch Working Group of Cardiac Prevention and Rehabilitation and an active member of the Digital Health Committee of the European Society of Cardiology.
Keynote Speaker
Prof. Dr. Nico L.U. Van Meeteren - Executive Director, Top Sector LSH; Professor at Erasmus MC
Prof. Dr. Nico L.U. Van Meeteren is executive director and secretary general of the Dutch Top Sector Life Sciences and Health (Health~Holland), Professor at Erasmus MC, and CEO of the foundation Topcare. Guided by Van Meeteren and the Health~Holland executive team, the Top Sector LSH developed the 'Visions of the Future 2030' for the Societal Theme Health & Care of Mission Driven Policy of the Cabinet Rutte III with many experts from the quadruple helix-partners.
Chairman of the Day - Rudi Roumen
“By doing research I look beyond the boundaries of daily surgical work; I like to sink my teeth into special cases or separate observations”.
Dr. Rudi Roumen is trained as a general surgeon. Over the years he has focused on oncological surgery and the treatment of abdominal wall pain (ACNES) and groin pain. Dr. Roumen is one of the surgeons behind oncological liver surgery, which is concentrated regionally in Máxima MC. He is very active scientifically. For his special achievements in the field of breast cancer surgery and abdominal wall and groin pain, he received a gold medal from the Dutch Society for Surgery in 2019.
Chairman of the Day - Rudi Roumen
