Column by Peter de Bruin | Vaccination Hesitancy Exposes the DNA of the Healthcare System
Sometimes it takes a crisis to gain insight into your own DNA, writes Peter de Bruin. In the healthcare sector, the slow vaccination rollout makes it clear that there is nothing wrong with healthcare in the Netherlands—but there is certainly something wrong with how it is organized. We need more scale and collaboration. We need to support the healthcare system and combat fragmentation. The many healthcare administrators, virologists, and other medical professionals who have publicly expressed their surprise have a point. Thanks to the coronavirus, the healthcare system now has a better understanding.
Column by Peter de Bruin | “Letting Go of the Patient”
Healthcare in the Netherlands is of high quality. Yet it costs a lot of money and requires more people than we have. Can we do better? Yes, but that requires collaboration. This is difficult to achieve because of the many “mine versus yours” debates about money, data, systems, etc., fueled by the sense of responsibility for “my” patient. Collaboration is only possible with—and through—administrators and healthcare professionals who are willing to move forward by letting go of the old ways.
Innovating with Data in Healthcare?
Artificial Intelligence Innovating with data in Healthcare? Oil the machine first. Turner’s healthcare expert Egbert Clevers is already seeing wonderful examples of data-driven innovation in healthcare. Yet putting it into practice proves to be a challenge. Often, it never goes beyond that single experiment. How do you turn data-driven innovation into a well-oiled machine? Innovating […]
Breakthrough in Primary Care
Spreekuur.nl is a great example of how digital healthcare makes it possible to provide the Right Care in the Right Place. With this triage and diagnosis app, patients can take the first steps in primary care on their own. Turner is helping to drive these—and other—breakthroughs in “The Right Healthcare in the Right Place.”
Seven Questions for Turner’s Healthcare Expert Annelies van der Ham
Healthcare logistics expert Annelies van der Ham has joined Turner’s healthcare practice. With a completed doctoral dissertation on the organization of healthcare logistics and years of consulting experience under her belt, she is truly an asset to Turner. What kind of experience does she bring to the table? What valuable insights does her research offer? And what are her ambitions? We get to know Annelies through seven questions.