PROJECTS
Bridging theory and practice: Our research projects are embedded in practical settings and require a multi-disciplinary approach. Industry provides inspiration and infrastructure for our ideas and experiments.
PathMate2: The Impact of Digital Coaches on Therapy in Overweight Teenagers
The goal of the research project PathMate2 is to help support obese children, their parents and their physicians with modern technology in creating a healthier lifestyle. [...]
CH-Teamcoach: Digital Corporate Health Teamcoach for Team Leaders
The Corporate Health Teamcoach (short «CH-Teamcoach») is an e-Coach for leaders and their teams to improve working conditions and team climate. The e-Coach guides team leaders [...]
myStep: Assessment of Small Incentives to Promote Physical Activity
Introduction: There has been limited research investigating whether small financial incentives can promote participation, behavior change, and engagement in physical activity promotion programs. This study [...]
stressOUT: Detection of Stress at the Workplace by PC Mouse Interactions
The increasingly demanding work environments today make job strain a timely and relevant subject of investigation. Early detection and tailored treatment of job strain is [...]
Satisfaction with Medical Software in Switzerland
Evaluating software solutions for the medical practice – what do the users think? In cooperation with an industry partner, the Health-IS Lab evaluates the customer satisfaction [...]
MOSS: Mobile Sensing and Support for People with Depression
Towards a mental health information system that harnesses ubiquitous sensor information for depression screening and tailored interventions. Limited personnel resources and costs have a [...]
Job Crafting IS
The Job Crafting IS (JCIS) project aims to develop and evaluate an Information System aiming to support employees in analyzing their job situation and taking [...]
Privacy Paradox
Investigating privacy-related phenomena, prior research has often pointed to discrepancies between users’ privacy concerns and disclosing behaviors, denoted as the privacy paradox. That is, users tend [...]
Alphastreams
alphastreams is a mobile health information system that supports customers of pharmacies in everyday situations. Access to products and services of pharmacies takes usually place [...]
PathMate: Effects of Ubiquitous Healthcare IS on Performance of Obesity Expert and Teenager Teams
The PathMate project has the objective to build and evaluate a mobile healthcare information system that has direct effects on the performance of obesity expert and [...]