What is primary care and how can we encourage organizational power? If we want to create an efficient healthcare system, we need to give primary healthcare a central role. Better cooperation within primary care and with other disciplines is undoubtedly necessary. But what is primary [...]

Big data in healthcare: From theory to practice in 4 steps Big data is hot! But for healthcare, big data is still mostly in its hype phase. People talk about it a lot, but don’t use it very often in practice. That mostly has to [...]

Four care coordination network strategies to achieve the Triple Aim objectives Healthcare systems are under an increasing amount of pressure. . At the same time the shortage of professional healthcare providers is increasing. As a result, the government is asking people with complex long-term healthcare [...]

Value Based Healthcare (VBHC) from Michael Porter; oplossing of illusion? Healthcare is fragmented, the quality of care is often far from optimal and costs continue to rise by double digits. Value Based Healthcare (VBHC) from Michael Porter and Elizabeth Teisberg is seen by many as [...]

The differences between network medicine and integrated care that you need to know Network thinking is becoming more popular in healthcare. And it should be, because integrated care has proven to be an effective method to take on the rising healthcare demands and costs. This [...]

Joint Consultation within outreach clinics: What if the solution is the problem?   Treating complex care in hospitals and simple care in a primary care setting, that’s the ideal situation. General practitioners and medical specialists are using lots of projects to try and refine this [...]

Patient experience or patient satisfaction: what should you measure? Measuring patient experience and patient satisfaction is becoming more and more important to assess the quality of care. But the concept of patient experience is surprisingly complex and is often used as a synonym to patient [...]

Michael Porter’s Value Based Healthcare (VBHC); solution or illusion? Healthcare is fragmented, the quality of care isn’t always as optimal as it should be and the costs keep rising by double digits. Michael Porters and Elizabeth Teisberg’s Value Based Healthcare (VBHC) is seen by many [...]