Browsing NTNU Open by Author "Hofmann, Bjørn Morten"
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Geographical variation in compulsory hospitalisation – ethical challenges
Hofstad, Tore; Husum, Tonje Lossius; Rugkåsa, Jorun; Hofmann, Bjørn Morten (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Background: Compulsory hospitalisation in mental health care restricts patients’ liberty and is experienced as harmful by many. Such hospitalisations continue to be used due to their assumed benefit, despite limited ... -
Geographical variations in the use of diagnostic imaging of musculoskeletal diseases in Norway
Gransjøen, Ann Mari; Lysdahl, Kristin Bakke; Hofmann, Bjørn Morten (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Background: There is a high prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders in the Norwegian population. A significant number of these patients are referred to diagnostic imaging. Geographical variations in the use of imaging for ... -
Geographical variations in the use of outpatient diagnostic imaging in Norway 2019
Hofmann, Bjørn Morten; Gransjøen, Ann Mari (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Background Geographical variations in the use of outpatient imaging can reveal inappropriate use of radiological services. Knowledge about these variations is crucial in the strive for appropriate and improved ... -
Health care personnel’s perception of guideline implementation for musculoskeletal imaging: a process evaluation
Gransjøen, Ann Mari; Wiig, Siri; Lysdahl, Kristin Bakke; Hofmann, Bjørn Morten (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Background:The increasing complexity and variability in radiology have significantly fueled the need for guidelines. There are many methods for disseminating and implementing guidelines however; and obtaining lasting changes ... -
How precision medicine changes medical epistemology: A formative case from Norway
Vogt, Henrik; Hofmann, Bjørn Morten (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Rationale and Aims Precision medicine (PM) raises a key question: How do we know what works when the number of people with a health problem becomes small or one (n = 1)? We here present a formative case from Norway. The ... -
Human Enhancement: Enhancing Health or Harnessing Happiness?
Hofmann, Bjørn Morten (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Human enhancement (HE) is ontologically, epistemologically, and ethically challenging and has stirred a wide range of scholarly and public debates. This article focuses on some conceptual issues with HE that have important ... -
Hvordan vurdere etiske aspekter ved moderne helse- og velferdsteknologi?
Hofmann, Bjørn Morten (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Hvordan skal vi innføre helse- og velferdsteknologi i den kommunale helse- og omsorgstjenesten på en god måte? Hvordan skal vi vurdere de etiske aspektene ved slik teknologi? Dette er hovedspørsmålene i denne artikkelen, ... -
Image rejects in digital skeletal radiography in two public hospitals in Norway
Hofmann, Bjørn Morten (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Introduction The proportion of diagnostic images not applied for diagnostic purposes is an indicator of image quality, safety, and efficiency in radiography. Despite increased awareness, image reject is still a substantial ... -
Impact of prebiopsy MRI on prostate cancer staging: Results from the Norwegian Prostate Cancer Registry
Haug, Erik Skaaheim; Myklebust, Tor Åge; Juliebø-Jones, Patrick; Reisæter, Lars Anders Rokne; Aas, Kirsti; Berg, Arne Stenrud; Muller, Christoph Rainer; Hofmann, Bjørn Morten; Størkersen, Øystein; Nilsen, Kim L.; Johannessen, Tom Børge; Beisland, Christian (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)The aim of this study is to evaluate the 2015 introduction of prebiopsy magnetic resonance imaging of the prostate (MRI-P) as the standard of care for diagnosing prostate cancer (PCa) by the Norwegian public health care ... -
Impact on radiological practice of active guideline implementation of Musculoskeletal guideline, as measured over a 12-month period
Gransjøen, Ann Mari; Thorsen, Kjetil; Lysdahl, Kristin Bakke; Wiig, Siri; Hofmann, Bjørn Morten (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Background An ever-increasing technological development in the field of radiology urges a need for guidelines to provide predictable and just health services. A musculoskeletal guideline was developed in Norway in 2014, ... -
Increased magnetic resonance imaging in prostate cancer management—What are the outcomes?
Hofmann, Bjørn Morten; Haug, Erik Skaaheim; Andersen, Eivind Richter; Kjelle, Elin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Increased attention to cancer care has instigated altered systems for screening, diagnosis, and management of various types of cancer, such as in the prostate. While such systems very likely have improved the quality of ... -
Informing about mammographic screening: Ethical challenges and suggested solutions
Hofmann, Bjørn Morten (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Providing high quality and user oriented information about mammographic screening is no easy task, as screening has been subject to heated professional and public debates. Although the information has to be developed and ... -
Integrating Empirical Analysis and Normative Inquiry in Health Technology Assessment: The Values in Doing Assessments of Health Technologies Approach
Van Der Wilt, Gert Jan; Bloemen, Bart; Grin, John; Gutierrez-Ibarluzea, Iñaki; Sampietro-Colom, Laura; Refolo, Pietro; Sacchini, Dario; Hofmann, Bjørn Morten; Sandman, Lars; Oortwijn, Wija (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Health technology assessment (HTA) aims, through empirical analysis, to shed light on the value of health technologies (O’Rourke et al. [2020, International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care 36, 187–90]). HTA ... -
Internal barriers to efficiency: Why disinvestments are so difficult. Identifying and addressing internal barriers to disinvestment of health technologies
Hofmann, Bjørn Morten (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Although efficiency is a core concept in health economics, its impact on health care practice still is modest. Despite an increased pressure on resource allocation, a widespread use of low-value care is identified. ... -
Interventions to reduce low-value imaging – a systematic review of interventions and outcomes
Kjelle, Elin; Andersen, Eivind Richter; Soril, Lesley J.J.; van Bodefom-Vos, Leti; Hofmann, Bjørn Morten (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Background It is estimated that 20–50% of all radiological examinations are of low value. Many attempts have been made to reduce the use of low-value imaging. However, the comparative effectiveness of interventions to ... -
Learning and practicing more value-reflective, problem-setting health technology assessment: experiences and lessons from the VALIDATE project
Grin, John; Bloemen, Bart; Gutierrez-Ibarluzea, Iñaki; Hofmann, Bjørn Morten; Oortwijn, Wija; Refolo, Pietro; Sacchini, Dario; Sampietro-Colom, Laura; Sandman, Lars; Van Der Wilt, Gert Jan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Objectives To conduct a formative evaluation of applying the VALIDATE approach in practice by (i) assessing how students appreciated the e-learning course, (ii) exploring how, for what purposes and with what outcomes ... -
Long term outcomes and causal modelling of compulsory inpatient and outpatient mental health care using Norwegian registry data : protocol for a controversies in psychiatry research project
Hofstad, Tore; Nyttingnes, Olav; Markussen, Simen; Johnsen, Erik; Killackey, Eoin; McDaid, David; Rinaldi, Miles; Dean, Kimberlie; Brinchmann, Beate; Douglas, Kevin Stewart; Gröning, Linda; Bjørkly, Stål Kapstø; Palmstierna, Tom Krisman Kule; Strømme, Maria Fagerbakke; Blindheim, Anne Alnes; Rugkåsa, Jorun; Hofmann, Bjørn Morten; Pedersen, Reidar; Widding-Havnerås, Tarjei; Rypdal, Knut; Mykletun, Arnstein (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Objectives: Compulsory mental health care includes compulsory hospitalisation and outpatient commitment with medication treatment without consent. Uncertain evidence of the effects of compulsory care contributes to large ... -
Making and Managing New Biological Entities: conceptual, ontological, epistemological, and ethical aspects
Hofmann, Bjørn Morten (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Novel biotechnologies produce new person-related biological entities, such as cell lines, organoids, and synthetic organisms, that tend to disrupt existing concepts, taxonomies, modes of evidence production, as well as ... -
Mammografisreening: informasjon og egne valg
Andresen, Maren Sofie Berg; Gjøsti, Siri; Johansen, Bettina Amb (Bachelor thesis, 2017)Problemstilling: I hvilken grad er informasjonen som blir gitt kvinner i forbindelse med mammografiscreening i Norge balansert og nøytral, slik at den fremmer kvinners egne valg? Formål: Formålet med denne oppgaven er å ... -
Managing the moral expansion of medicine
Hofmann, Bjørn Morten (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Science and technology have vastly expanded the realm of medicine. The numbers of and knowledge about diseases has greatly increased, and we can help more people in many more ways than ever before. At the same time, the ...