News

Read the press release on the topic "What do care staff think about the use of smart speakers? Alexa meets retirement home" here.

Listen to the episode "Daten und Digitalisierung" of the podcast series "Was ist Urban Health?" here.

Projects

New project "Therapeutic Encounters with AI - TEwAI", read more here.

The results report of the project "Healthcare Start-up Ökosystem NRW 2021" has now been published. Read the report here.

New project „Enhancing the Adoption of Mobile Health by Persons with Mental Health Problems“, read more here.

Publications

Schorr, Sabrina; Klammer, Ute; Merkel, Sebastian: "Attitudes of geriatric nursing staff towards digitalization in inpatient care using the example of 'smart speakers'“ read here.

Imeri, Aylin; Schorr, Sabrina; Merkel, Sebastian 2024:" Digital health applications and health literacy: an explorative analysis" read here.

Lauer, Romy; Merkel, Sebastian; Bosompem, Jennifer; Langer, Henrike; Naeve, Peter; Herten, Benjamin et al. 2024: "(Data-) Cooperatives in health and social care: a scoping review." read here.

Langer, Henrike & Merkel, Sebastian 2023: "Co-Designing a Conversational Agent in Health and Social Care – Perspectives of Professional Care Staff and Older Adults" read here.

Kucharski, Alexander & Merkel, Sebastian 2023: "Domestication of Smart Speakers by Older Users" read here.

Burmann, Anja; Langer, Henrike; Bosompem, Jennifer; Clemens, Timo; Herten, Benjamin; Kerstan, Leah; Lauer, Romy; Naeve, Peter; Geller, Simon; Huhnt, Jönne & Merkel, Sebastian 2022: "Governance of Digital Health Data on Cooperatively Organized Platforms - a Design Thinking Approach" read here.

Naeve, Hans Peter & Merkel, Sebastian 2022: "Fake news, covid19 and Twitter – a bibliometric approach" read here. (preprint)

Merkel, Sebastian; Kucharski, Alexander & Schorr, Sabrina 2022: “Computer, how do smart speakers support aging in place?” – A feature analysis focusing on smart speaker applications in Amazon’s skill store for older persons read here.

Merkel, Sebastian & Langer, Henrike 2022: "Healthy and Active Aging in German Communities" read here in Korean.

Upcoming lectures

11.06.2024, 3.00pm-4.00pm: Merkel, Sebastian moderates"Innovationen in der Gesundheitsversorgung - Digitale Lösungen für Versorgungskonzepte", Digital Urban Health Conferenz, RuhrCongress Bochum.

05.07.2024, 11.00am - 12.30am: Merkel, Sebastian; Schorr, Sabrina "Conversational agents and images of age(ing). A scoping review on the use of smart speakers in health and care", British Society of Gerontology 53rd Annual Conference, Newcastle University, England.