eFICUS

A digital health intervention to improve Family health and self-care capacity in Intensive Care UnitS: A human-centered design approach

The digital health intervention eFICUS will leverage advances in digital technology and user-centered design to develop timely, equitable, and individualized access to psychoeducational and emotional support for families affected by critical illness. eFICUS will complement family-focused health care to families by ICU nurses and physicians.

Project Lead

UZH: Prof. Dr. Rahel Naef, Prof. Dr. Tobias Kowatsch
ZHdK: Prof. Dr. Anna Lisa Martin-Niedecken

Team

UZH: Simone Sutter, Lotte Germans-Verweij
USZ: Manuela Grüttner-Durmaz, Lorenz T., Jutta Ernst, Doreen Schick
ZHdK: Aleksandra Szewc, Noel Kampus

Mentoring

Project Partner

UZH Institute for Implementation Science in Health Care, University Hospital Zurich, University Children's Hospital Zurich, Winterthur Cantonal Hospital, Hirslanden Clinic Zurich, FICUS Patient and Family Advisory Board, Pathmate Technologies

Duration

2026–2029

Funding

DIZH Innovation Program, Project Call

Use of Dipex

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