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INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGYu Use of information technology in health care work; effectsof the implementation of ICT in health care work onprofessional relations within and between health careproviders, and effects of ICT on the flow of health carework and the quality and safety of health care (De Mul,Aarts, Bal, De Bont)u Health information technology and medicationsafety (Aarts, Bal)u Building and effects of care portals (Adams, Bal, De Mul)u Patients and the Internet: blogging, crowdsourcing andthe development of mobile health (Adams)u Use of digital outdoor clinics and new informationtechnologies in empowering patients and improvingthe cost-effectiveness of health care practices(MijnZorgNet) (Adams, Putters)u Reliability of information on the Internet; use of medicalinformation from the Internet and reliability of health careinformation on-line that is practically managed both bypatients and by (non) governmental initiatives (Adams, Bal,De Bont)METHODOLOGY OF MANAGEMENT AND ORGANISATIONSCIENCE IN HEALTH CAREu Evaluating complex interventions in health care (Bal, Nieboer)u Evaluating hospital performance during the Dutch care systemreforms (Van Ineveld, Van de Klundert, Van Oostrum, Steenhoek)u Understanding organisational development of hospitals (Muijsers,Scholten, Van de Klundert)22