Knowledge management in the care for people with intellectual disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic

The study aimed to gain insight into knowledge management in the intellectual dis-abilities (ID) care sector during the COVID-19 pandemic. We explored and describedhow knowledge producers, intermediaries, and knowledge users experienced knowl-edge management during this crisis situation, the responses to the specific knowl-edge needs in the ID-care sector, and changes in roles and collaboration during thisperiod. Twenty-five individual in-depth semi-structured interviews were conductedwith knowledge producers, intermediaries, and knowledge users in the Dutch ID-caresector. An inductive thematic analysis was conducted. Three key themes were identi-fied: (1) knowledge needs during the COVID-19 pandemic, (2) experiences withknowledge management, and (3) roles and collaboration in knowledge management.There was an urgent need for specific ID-related knowledge and how to translateavailable evidence for the general population into ID-care settings. In knowledgemanagement, the focus was on knowledge production and exchange, with validationand application receiving less attention. Within stakeholder groups, collaboration andknowledge exchange were intensified by existing or new knowledge infrastructures.Between stakeholder groups, knowledge producers and users created short lines toexchange needs and produce knowledge. This paper provides unique insights intoknowledge management in the Dutch ID-care sector during the COVID-19 pandemic.Implications are discussed to improve future knowledge management processes. Sup-port with knowledge validation and local knowledge infrastructures (complementaryto centralized national knowledge infrastructures) help to assess the reliability andusefulness of knowledge and improve its use in practice during future pandemic-related crisis situations

Exploring views on medical care for people with intellectual disabilities: an international concept mapping study

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A membership categorization analysis of roles, activities and relationships in inclusive research conducted by co-researchers with intellectual disabilities

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Bidirectional and passive optical field to microwave field quantum converter with high bandwidth

The conversion between microwave photons and optical photons with quantum coherence is important for quantum communication and computation. In this paper, we report a proposal using an ensemble of atoms coupled to microwave and optical resonators. Input photons to one resonator are converted into output photons in the other resonator without active operation. Usually the conversion is only optimized at certain frequency. In our proposal, we find that the efficiency is almost a constant and can be close to 100% in a large interval of frequency, i.e. a high-bandwidth conversion can be realized with our proposal.Comment: 6 pages, 4 figure

[People with intellectual disabilities and GP cooperatives; more contact moments, less urgent]

Item does not contain fulltextOBJECTIVE: To compare use of the GP cooperative and the level of urgency among people with intellectual disabilities (ID) who live in sheltered accommodation with that of the general population. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. METHOD: We investigated all healthcare-contact moments in 2014 among 432,582 people living in the servicearea covered by two GP cooperatives in one region of the Netherlands (Boxmeer, Nijmegen). In this region a total of 1,448 people with ID living in sheltered accommodation were identified on the basis of address details. We compared the type and frequency of contact and level of urgency between this group of people and the general population. RESULTS: Among people with ID living in sheltered accommodation, 30.9% (448/1,448) requested care from the GP cooperatives, compared with 18.4% (79,206/431,134) of the general population (relative risk [RR]: 1.7; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.6-1.8). The type and frequency of contact and level of urgency also differed between the two groups. Healthcare-contact moments among people with ID were more often conducted by telephone (RR: 2.7; 95% CI: 2.7-3.0) and were generally less urgent than in the general population. CONCLUSION: People with ID who live in sheltered accommodation make more use of the GP cooperative and more often have low-urgent telephone contacts in comparison with the general population. More insight is needed into the nature of healthcare-contact moments in order to improve the quality and accessibility of care from GP cooperatives for this vulnerable group